Swicorp

The MENA-focused firm's portfolio company Uniceramic has acquired a stake in Powergres, helping extend Uniceramic's distribution beyond the Middle East.

MENA-focused Swicorp Intaj Capital II aims to hold an $80m first close early next year, on its way to $400m.

The MENA-focused investment firm has taken a 'strategic stake' in Petroser, which enjoys exclusive rights to distribute BP products in Algeria.

The MENA-focused investment firm will fund the growth of Jordan's first privately-owned airline to tap into the rapidly growing aviation market in the Middle East. It has reportedly invested more than $150m from its $250m Intaj Capital fund.

The MENA-focussed financial advisory and investment firm has purchased a stake in Step, its first private equity investment in Turkey.

A consortium of three companies has invested to build a plant to produce the main raw material used in solar power plants as private equity firms continue to invest in alternative energy in the Middle East.

The energy-focussed private equity unit of Middle Eastern financial services firm Swicorp has made its second renewables investment in a month.

The Swiss-headquartered investment firm has already received over $100 million in commitments for the new fund.

First came the financial crisis, then the Arab Spring. The MENA region has had to deal with crises on several fronts over the last few years. So how well is the region’s private equity industry picking itself up after the turmoil?

Michael Kidd joins the Dubai-based investment bank ahead of its second private equity fund’s final close.

Hany Shawky will step in as acting head of private equity, as Dash ends a 9-year stint with the Kuwait investment firm to 'pursue other interests'.

The Athens Stock Exchange-listed mega-fund is the latest private equity firm to move into the aviation sector, purchasing just less than half of medical evacuation-focused Flight Ambulance International.

The Swiss bank's commitment to Hudson Clean Energy Partners is the third major private equity-backed cleantech initiative announced this week.

The oil and gas sector is undiminished despite significant problems in most other areas of the buyout universe.

The Norwegian firm, led by Ole Ertvaag, completed fundraising in three months, capitalising on the interest in the booming oil and gas sector to more than double its fund size.

Two separate investments from Standard Chartered Private Equity and First Reserve come as energy fundraising reaches record levels.