Private Equity
Venture capital firms invested just $234m in Israel in the first three months of 2010.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Flip through consumer, retail or healthcare pitchbooks and you’ll be sure to find career investment bankers touting 25 or 30 years of experience in their sector. But infrastructure is a relatively new vertical for most banks, and experienced advisors can be hard to come by. When you do your research of who is who in infrastructure M&A work, the following ten names are bound to pop up. We present them here in alphabetical order*
6 min read · 05 January 2013
Qatari Diar – fully owned by the emirate of Qatar – has become the second-largest shareholder in French construction company Vinci with a stake of between 5% and 8%. In exchange, Vinci acquires 100% of service provider Cegelec, which is set to add some €3bn in revenues to the French group.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
While not triggering a feared mass exodus, the UK's recent tax changes have led to worries about the country's future as a financial headquarters.
4 min read · 05 January 2013
A year after launching a secondaries desk, the global inter-dealer broker will start fundraising for private equity, hedge fund and other alternative investment vehicles.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The real estate arm of Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund has bought 5% of French utility company Veolia Environnement. The acquisition is the fund’s second foray into the French infrastructure market after it acquired 5.78% of VINCI.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Fairmont Raffles Hotels International, the hospitality company taken private by Colony Capital and Kingdom Holding Company, is reportedly preparing to sell the legendary Raffles Hotel in Singapore to Qatari Diar. The Qatar sovereign wealth fund has yet to decide on the amount of money required to refurbish the colonial icon.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The real estate arm of the Qatar sovereign fund has teamed up with Voyager Partners to become the largest shareholder in the hotel group taken private by Kingdom Holding Company and Colony Capital for $5.5bn in 2006.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The sovereign wealth fund is reportedly planning to increase its stake in Songbird Estates to almost 30%.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
An uptick in real estate investment activity by SWFs in 2008 may indicate a long-term investment trend, including helping to fill the debt financing void, according to a Deloitte report.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
