Standard Chartered

Nainesh Jaisingh, former managing director and global co-head of PE, will replace Joseph Stevens as head of the unit.

Standard Chartered’s PE arm has now made five investments in the MENA region

It has invested $75m in Dubai-based Topaz Energy and Marine, an offshore support vessel business

The firm has partnered with Standard Chartered and the South Africa-based Pembani Remgro Infrastructure Fund to acquire a minority stake in agricultural company Export Trading Group for $210m.

The UK Bank's private equity unit has made its third deal in India in as many weeks with a $56m investment in Varun Beverages International, PepsiCo's biggest bottler in South Asia.

Taimoor Labib, who joined Standard Chartered in March from Riyadh-based Jadwa, will head the bank's MENA and Turkey private equity operations.

The captive private equity unit of Standard Chartered has taken a minority stake in industrial gas provider Seven Energy.

Former Istithmar managing director Richard Johnson has resigned from his post as the chief executive officer of a jointly managed real estate fund by his old employer and current employer Standard Chartered.

In today's edition, LPs are turning the screws on operational due diligence; Apollo names a new EMEA head; APAC insurers are hungry for private markets.

A UK fund manager has shifted its approach to a deal-by-deal model. Plus: TPG pushes into private wealth; and Brookfield experiences its best fundraising quarter ever. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

The financing tool is making its way around alternatives, as evidenced by three major transactions in different corners of the market.

A series of sustainability-focused deals in 2021 gave fresh significance to a relatively young market.

If you’re a GP trying to figure out how to hold onto prized assets for longer, chances are you’ve had a call with Evercore’s Nigel Dawn.

We hope you had an enjoyable Presidents Day and Lunar New Year long weekend. It's Fund Finance week here at PEI, and first under the microscope is whether ESG-linked credit lines are right for every firm. Plus: EQT's fund performance and Brookfield's fundraising super-cycle. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

Subscription finance is busier than ever, prices are rising and competition among lenders is on the rise despite the pandemic.

Subscription credit facilities linked to ESG have piqued the interest of many GPs in the past year. Could these lines be right for you?