When Mohammed Al Ardhi took the helm at Bahraini investment company Investcorp he laid out a plan to more than double the firm’s AUM in less than seven years. With European head of corporate investments Hazem Ben-Gacem, he tells Isobel Markham and Toby Mitchenall how he intends to achieve this goal.
With strong pricing in the most established part of the secondaries market - the sale of LP fund interests - some buyers are turning to GP-led transactions that can often bring higher returns.
While restructuring activity in the secondaries market is unlikely to be affected by the arrest of Andrew Caspersen, the case is a wake-up call for private equity investors.
India’s entrepreneurs are sitting on one of the world’s most enticing markets, and if the banks won’t lend to them then the private debt market can.