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Prevailing windsThe number of recent private equity investments in wind farms has been head-spinning.
- Mapletree, Arcapita buy $1.3bn of Singapore logistics property
The Singapore real estate firm, Mapletree, has partnered with the Bahrain-based investment fund, Arcapita, to buy a portfolio of Singapore industrial assets, which may then be listed according to the chief executive of Mapletree, Hiew Yoon Khong.
- The PEI Asia 30
PEI Asia’s inaugural ranking of the 30 largest private equity firms from the Middle East and the Asia Pacific.
- PEI Asia ranks region's largest private equity firms
Firms headquartered in the MENA region have taken the top four spots in PEI Asia’s inaugural ranking of the 30 largest private equity firms in the Middle East and Asia Pacific.
- Global Investment House restructures
Following on from its debt default in December, the Kuwaiti-government backed financial institution has restructured its management as part of ongoing reform. It is unclear how this affects its private equity activities.
- Arcapita scraps Viridian auction
The auction process for the Irish power group attracted acceptable bids, but concerns over their ‘deliverabiliy’ have led Arcapita to put the sale on ice.
- S&P downgrades Arcapita and Investcorp
The Middle Eastern banks have suffered ratings cuts due to concerns over high leverage, a strain on liquidity and an expected fall in the value of the firms' private equity and real estate investments.
- Arcapita scraps £2bn Viridian auction
The auction process for the Irish power group attracted acceptable bids, but concerns over their ‘deliverability’ have led Arcapita to put the sale on ice.
- European Capital invests €30m in Arcapita-backed CEPL
American Capital’s publicly traded European affiliate has invested in the warehouse and logistics firm just a month after the Bahrain-based bank purchased it from Sagard.
- Arcapita buys French logistics firm from Sagard
The Bahrain-based bank has completed what it says is France’s largest LBO this year, a secondary deal for Compagnie Européenne de Prestations Logistiques. Sagard has exited the company in a transaction valued between €550m and €600m after receiving 21 first-round bids from groups including Doughty Hanson and Goldman Sachs.