Private Equity
Leon Black’s Apollo Global Management looks to enter the real estate space.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The firm's Asia head, Dan Carroll, has been replaced by emerging markets head Stephen Peel. Carroll originally agreed to move to Hong Kong in 2005 for a two-year stint and has now returned to the US.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The second fund being raised by the MENA-focused firm is expected to reach its $350m target within a few months.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The Dubai-based investment bank says it will avoid regulatory conflicts from a dual listing, as well as boost liquidity and trading volume by remaining traded only in Dubai.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The South Carolina theme park, backed by publicly listed Israeli holding companies Africa Israel Investment and Polar Investments, failed to find a buyer while in bankruptcy and will liquidate only nine months after opening.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
A consortium led by the specialist technology investor will pay around £53m for London-listed Dmatek, an Israel-headquartered company which provides tagging services for monitoring both criminals and the elderly.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The firms have held a $150m first close and expect to raise $200m by the end of the first quarter.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
One of the firm’s portfolio companies, Aozora Bank, is a victim in the alleged Ponzi scheme, and the chairman of another portfolio company controls a feeder entity that may have lost $1.8bn to Madoff.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Southern California-based private equity advisor has hired James Gamett to head up secondary investments, which the company believes has become an attractive investment area.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The private equity unit of Middle East bank Emirates NBD is targeting $500m for its MENASA-focused fund.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
