Private Equity
The Swiss watch-maker has invested in Rivoli Group, a Dubai International Capital portfolio company that sells luxury goods in the MENA region. The retailer sells products including Gucci watches, Roberto Cavalli eyewear and Vertu mobile phones.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
New York's Bessemer Venture Partners, has formed an advisory group of four for its Indian operations and now has 14 members on its Mumbai team.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Washington-DC based private equity firm has acquired half of a shipbuilding company in the increasingly popular destination for private equity investment. Carlyle’s entrance into Turkey follows firms such as TPG, KKR and BC Partners.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Africa-focussed firm made proceeds of some $99m in a private placement preceding Starcomms’ listing on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. Emerging markets focussed-Actis also exited its investment in the company.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The pan-African investor, nearing full deployment of its first independently raised fund, is betting that the East African nation’s biggest saltwater lake can produce four million tons of salt by 2012. The fresh capital will be used for buying equipment and facility renovations.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The UK government’s emerging markets investment unit’s total committed investment in Africa reaches $2.6bn.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The joint venture between Dutch and Kenyan entrepreneurs and a Dutch development organisation is looking to generate a financial and social return in East Africa.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud’s investment company is the cornerstone investor in Kingdom’s second pan-African fund, which is targeting $500m. The firm is looking to back businesses operating in more than one country.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Global Investment House has raised $500 million for its London Stock Exchange-listed fund focussed on financial sector assets in Middle East and North Africa.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The Ney York firm has confirmed its second significant investment in the renewable energy sector with an agreement to invest in a wind farm off the coast of Germany.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
