Private Equity
Committing to a fund because your peers already have is not a good investment rationale, writes Christopher Witkowsky.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
The Bahrain-headquartered alternatives group has sold Moody International to a trade buyer for $450m.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
TPG bought spirits maker Mey Icki, its first investment in Turkey, for $900m in 2006.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The European mid-market firm is set to unveil its first deal in Turkey – an investment in a healthcare provider – with another deal understood to be imminent.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
MerchantBridge founder Basil Al-Rahim was among seven dead in a plane crash in Iraq on Friday. A senior partner at the firm was also killed.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Land Securities, the UK’s largest real estate developer, and Canary Wharf Group, owner of assets in Canary Wharf, today announced a joint venture to build a 690,000 square foot office in the City of London. The Financial Times reported the building would be backed by sovereign wealth from China Investment Council and Qatar Holdings.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The firm’s latest MENA vehicle, the first of its kind, opens up certain sectors for Gulf-based LPs in Carlyle’s $500m MENA fund.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
A consortium of private equity firms has acquired Xe, the controversial private military contractor once known as Blackwater.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The financial services-focused firm has amassed a load of capital in the past few months, after having collected more than $1.5bn by August.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The World Bank Group, in cooperation with the Islamic Development Bank, is looking to set up a regional initiative to help bridge an infrastructure gap in the Middle East and North Africa. The initiative is expected to raise $1bn.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
