Private Equity
3i and Oman Investment Fund are among investors that have reportedly invested INR2.6bn in Neo Sports Broadcast, which holds TV rights to all domestic and international cricket played in India till March 2010.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Adnan Ali Sultan will ‘evaluate deals’ for the financial firm’s private equity fund, Saffar Financial Infrastructure Fund.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The European development finance institution has committed to funds from two Central European mezzanine specialists: Mezzanine Management and Syntaxis. It has also approved a €20m commitment to a special situations fund.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Investor sentiment is on the decline as the region suffers from a decline in petro dollar surpluses coupled with the wider global economic turmoil.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Cairo-based firm, which expects to close its first institutional fund on $500m this year, is mulling a push into Iraq’s oil and gas sector before multinational oil companies gain further ground.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Kuwait Projects Co. plans to raise its first private equity fund, ‘market conditions permitting’, that would invest in sectors including real estate and financial services.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The Abu Dhabi Investment House is reportedly planning to launch a private equity fund to acquire distressed assets.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
A consortium led by the Bahrain-based listed private equity firm has acquired a 70% stake in L’Azurde, a Saudi Arabian jewellery company valued at $300m. The demographics underpinning MENA's demand for jewellery are encouraging, said co-head of Investcorp’s Gulf growth capital business, Azmat Taufique.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The $40m investment from the private equity arm of Saudi Arabian bank NCB Capital will enable Egypt’s Sigma Pharmaceutical to expand into other key markets.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Following on from its debt default in December, the Kuwaiti-government backed financial institution has restructured its management as part of ongoing reform. It is unclear how this affects its private equity activities.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
