Private Equity
The London-based secondaries firm has added Robert Savage to its team of 12 investment professionals as it invests a €730m fund and prepares to raise Fund IV.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Amid uncertainty over how the government bailout of its parent company will affect its future, AIG Investments closed a deal yesterday with an undisclosed investment in Blue Intercontinental Micro Finance Bank.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Led by former Abraaj managing director and co-founder Shirish Saraf, the nascent Samena Capital intends to hold a $350m final close on its regional special situations fund by the end of next month and has separately set aside $50m to buy stakes in other Asian asset managers.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The investment is part of the Egypt-based firm’s expansion across the Middle East and North Africa, following the hiring of three former Goldman execs in July.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Already active in Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe, the Dutch limited partner is looking to take advantage of the investment opportunity in Africa, CEO Volker Doeksen said today in New York. The Netherlands-based investor pursues fund, secondary, co-investment and mezzanine opportunities.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
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.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The investment firm, which counts the National Commercial Bank of Saudi Arabia as one of its stakeholders, plan to invest $2bn in the region.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Dubai Government-backed investment firm’s emerging markets arm has purchased a 45 percent stake in KEF, the Middle East’s first fully automated steel castings foundry.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The newly-formed private equity firm founded by three ZelnickMedia partners has emerged as the previously unidentified buyer of Greenfield Online’s internet survey business. Microsoft recently bought Greenfield for $486m after it bettered by $2 per share an earlier offer made by Quadrangle Group.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Central European private equity firm has also hired former Global Finance director Valeri Petrov to lead its charge into Southeastern Europe.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
