Private Equity
Israeli companies drew $2.1bn in venture funding in 2008, the highest in eight years, although there was a marked slowdown in investment activity in the last quarter.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Dubai-based firm has also partnered a Bahrain telecommunications company, to buy 49 percent of an Indian mobile operator, for $225 million.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Kuwait-based firm has acquired a quarry and site for a cement plant in Tunisia on a Greenfield plot over 220 hectares.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Global Investment House has acquired a majority stake in transport and logistics company Jassim Transport & Stevedoring in a deal the firm claims is the largest private equity buyout ever in Kuwait.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Florida-based firm joins several other high-profile private equity firms that have cut back on staff to control costs amid recession.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Dubai-based investment bank says it will avoid regulatory conflicts from a dual listing, as well as boost liquidity and trading volume by remaining traded only in Dubai.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The South Carolina theme park, backed by publicly listed Israeli holding companies Africa Israel Investment and Polar Investments, failed to find a buyer while in bankruptcy and will liquidate only nine months after opening.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
A consortium led by the specialist technology investor will pay around £53m for London-listed Dmatek, an Israel-headquartered company which provides tagging services for monitoring both criminals and the elderly.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
One of the firm’s portfolio companies, Aozora Bank, is a victim in the alleged Ponzi scheme, and the chairman of another portfolio company controls a feeder entity that may have lost $1.8bn to Madoff.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Southern California-based private equity advisor has hired James Gamett to head up secondary investments, which the company believes has become an attractive investment area.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
