Private Equity
The joint venture between Baltimore-based Municipal Mortgage & Equity and a Dublin-based syndicate of private investors is poised to close on its first South Africa housing fund. It is already eying a bigger second vehicle to invest on a pan-African basis.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Though South Africa is on the brink of recession and mergers and acquisition volumes have tumbled, a report by information provider Mergermarker says there have been a string of real estate deals in the first quarter of the year.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The Indian money manager has teamed with HSH Nordbank and Noor Financial Investment Company to invest in unlisted companies in India's infrastructure sector.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Despite the credit crunch, the global office markets are still on an “upward trend,” according to a report by real estate services firm, Colliers International. The emerging markets continued to record strong growth in the sector.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The US Attorney in Illinois has charged John Orecchio, the former president of AA Capital Partners, with embezzlement for allegedly using clients’ money for personal expenditures. Orecchio is expected to plead guilty. The now-defunct AA Capital spun-out from ABN AMRO’s Fund Investment Group in 1995.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
The Middle East-backed firm plans to initially invest in China on a deal-by-deal basis, with an eye to raising sector-specific private equity funds in the future.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
Kuwait-based Global Investment House has passed on to investors capital received in dividend payments from the 'strong performance' of portfolio companies.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Unicorn Investment Bank's private equity arm has sold a 10% stake in Regional Energy Services, generating a 124% return.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Barclay's investment banking division continues to ramp up activities with the hire of Matt Grinnell, previously Nomura's co-head of European financial sponsors coverage.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Tokyo-based private equity real estate firm KK DaVinci is to sell DaVinci Select, the management unit responsible for the DA Office Investment Corporation J-REIT, to Japanese securities brokerage Daiwa Securities Group. The deal coincides with Daiwa’s purchase of a 13 percent stake in the J-REIT
1 min read · 05 January 2013
