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Investcorp records first ever annual lossNearly half of the Bahrain-based investment manager's $780m loss was attributed to unrealised write-downs of its private equity and real estate investments.
- The PEI Asia 30
PEI Asia’s inaugural ranking of the 30 largest private equity firms from the Middle East and the Asia Pacific.
- Investcorp acquires discounted US debt package
The real estate arm of the Middle Eastern investor has bought a senior mortgage loan, a B-note and two mezzanine loans backed by properties in Washington DC, New York and Los Angeles.
- 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.
- On the other side of the peak
The total value of private equity activity in Italy soared in the first half of 2008, but by the end of the year deal-doing was largely off the agenda. Reporting from Milan, Andy Thomson asks what happens next
- Investcorp hires 30-year Citi vet to lead Gulf activities
Mohammed Al-Shroogi has resigned from the financial services giant to join the Bahrain-based investment manager.
- Investcorp axes COO role
Gary Long has departed from the firm after 15 years as Investcorp looks to streamline management and cut costs.
- Investcorp bets on MENA jewellery market
A consortium led by the Bahrain-based listed private equity firm has acquired a 70% stake in L’Azurde, a Saudi Arabian jewellery company valued at $300m. The demographics underpinning MENA's demand for jewellery are encouraging, said co-head of Investcorp’s Gulf growth capital business, Azmat Taufique.
- 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.
- SWFs to direct $750bn to real estate
The world’s sovereign wealth funds are expected to allocate up to 30 percent, or around $218 billion, of new investments in unlisted property funds over the next seven years, according to a report by CB Richard Ellis. It comes as Bahrain-based Investcorp launches a $1bn real estate debt vehicle with an unnamed Gulf sovereign wealth fund as an investor.