Middle East

The Dubai-based advisory, which caters to families seeking to outsource asset management operations, has clients capable of writing $20m cheques for private equity funds, co-founder Ekaterina Chernova tells PEI.

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Hazem Ben-Gacem, a three-decade veteran of the firm, will leave his role in November as the Gulf's biggest private equity firm reorganises its internal units.

Investcorp has partnered with Securitize to capitalise on a market opportunity estimated at about $400bn.

CVC Capital partners scoops five awards, including, for the first time, lender of the year.

The new platform lists a four-person leadership team, chaired by Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber.

The Gulf region is defying a global economic downturn with extraordinary growth and a buoyant exit market, say Gulf Capital’s Dr Karim El Solh and Asaad Salhab.

Raising a growth fund as a woman in the Middle East is ‘not an advantage ever’, says Al-Lawati.

PEI catches up with the unit’s co-heads, Maxime Franzetti and Fatima Al Noaimi, to discuss evergreen funds, separately managed accounts and GP stakes.