Private Equity
Emerging Capital Partners, in partnership with Truffle Capital, has acquired a third African mining company with its $53 million purchase of Morocco’s Compagnie Miniere de Touissit.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Global Capital Management, a subsidiary of Kuwaiti investment bank Global Investment House, has held a first close on its MENA fund with more than $500 million in commitments.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Sam Zell-led firm has closed its largest-ever fund.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Dubai-based private equity firm Istithmar has emerged with high-end retailer Barneys New York for a purchase price of $942m, after a month-long bidding war with Japanese clothing retailer Fast Retailing.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Investments in consumer-related industries in India continue to soar as the private equity arm of Franklin Templeton Investments takes a stake Amalgamated Bean Coffee Trading Company.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Bahrain’s Ithmaar Bank, Shamil Bank and the Islamic Investment Company have held a first close on their mutli-strategy private equity fund targeting $500 million.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The Japanese securities giant will invest in Asia-Pacific private equity funds as the Asian buyout boom continues.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
New Enterprise Associates’ Dick Kramlich will live in Shanghai for all of 2008, helping to source deals and build relationships.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
TPG Capital, the US-based private equity firm, is reportedly keen to acquire up to a 40 percent interest in Japan-listed NIS Group, a Tokyo-based lender to small businesses.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The local Japanese buyout firm is set to acquire a US-based automotive leather interiors provider, beating The Carlyle Group in its bid, in what the firm calls ‘a big first step’ to becoming a ‘global firm’.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
