Private Equity
Shareholders will vote today on the Dubai-based bank's fate; last month, they unanimously opted to keep the company a going concern.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The mega-firm, which has already slashed the size of its $19.8bn buyout fund and its $6bn financial-services fund, will give investors in TPG Asia V the option to cut commitments by up to 10%.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Renamed Trilantic Capital and still led by Charlie Ayres, the firm will be ‘patient’ in choosing investment opportunities. In an interview with PEO, Ayres said his firm will look for chances to inject quality, over-levered companies with equity capital for some form of control.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
The funding will help APR Energy scale up its operations in the Gulf region and North Africa.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The UK government's development-focused fund of funds is talking to two Southern African banks about the creation of debt funds to help private businesses in the region, says chief executive Richard Laing.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Formerly an investment vehicle for Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth, the Abu Dhabi Investment Company is expanding into M&A advisory with the hire of Alex Carré de Malberg.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
3i and Oman Investment Fund are among investors that have reportedly invested INR2.6bn in Neo Sports Broadcast, which holds TV rights to all domestic and international cricket played in India till March 2010.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The management spin-out of Lehman’s merchant banking arm officially closed last week and the firm has chosen a new name.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The emerging markets specialist has hired Isabelle Portebois-Benjelloun, the former private equity chief at Moroccan investment bank CFG Group, to establish a North African presence from a base in Casablanca.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Adnan Ali Sultan will ‘evaluate deals’ for the financial firm’s private equity fund, Saffar Financial Infrastructure Fund.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
