Private Equity
Barclay's investment banking division continues to ramp up activities with the hire of Matt Grinnell, previously Nomura's co-head of European financial sponsors coverage.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Tokyo-based private equity real estate firm KK DaVinci is to sell DaVinci Select, the management unit responsible for the DA Office Investment Corporation J-REIT, to Japanese securities brokerage Daiwa Securities Group. The deal coincides with Daiwa’s purchase of a 13 percent stake in the J-REIT
1 min read · 05 January 2013
HBG Special Opportunities Fund I will focus on MENASA-based companies struggling on AIM. The fund is also the firm's first move into Shariah-compliant investing.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
Venture investments in Israel declined 40% as compared to the second quarter of 2008, but showed a 5% increase over the first quarter of 2009.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
PEI Asia’s inaugural ranking of the 30 largest private equity firms from the Middle East and the Asia Pacific.
8 min read · 05 January 2013
Howard Yellen has been hired to help the firm develop its defense platform.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The government has withdrawn its previous $14m commitment to the fund due to mutually ‘differing expectations regarding the timing and level of fundraising’ with the fund’s previous managers. It has re-awarded another three firms the right to manage the fund and committed a fresh $15m.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
Ashok Aram, who previously represented the bank on Abraaj’s board, has joined the Dubai-based private equity firm as a managing director.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The firm bought the stake from GDF Suez Group when it was asked to divest its holdings in the Oman-based company when it was selected to develop other power projects in the Sultanate.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
<p> The PEI 300 2009-05-02 Staff Writer <strong>CAPITAL RAISED OVER</strong><strong>2008</strong><strong>RANK</strong><strong>NAME OF FIRM</strong><strong>HEADQUARTERS</strong><strong>LAST FIVE YEARS ($BN)</strong><strong>RANK</stro</p>
6 min read · 05 January 2013
