Private Equity
While the credit markets have placed many private equity deals on hold, the ability of investors from the Middle East to deploy capital appears undiminished.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Sir David Walker has spoken out against demands for separate legislation of private equity and has defended his decision to give UK industry group the BVCA the responsibility of enforcing his proposed code of conduct.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
While the credit markets have placed many private equity deals on hold, the ability of investors from the Middle East to deploy capital appears undiminished.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Sir David Walker’s report on transparency and disclosure has encouraged UK industry body, the BVCA, to name, shame and expel non-compliers with his proposed code.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
Pantheon Ventures’ listed fund of funds achieved a rise in net asset value per share during the second half of 2007, which ensured that it outperformed stock market benchmarks.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Bahrain’s Ithmaar Bank, Shamil Bank and the Islamic Investment Company have held a first close on their mutli-strategy private equity fund targeting $500 million.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The unrelenting rise of sovereign wealth and a promising outlook for MENA private equity funds were among the key talking points at PEI’s Middle East Private Equity Forum in Dubai.
3 min read · 04 January 2013
Khaleej Finance and Investment has partnered with Kuwait Investment Company and Kuwait Finance House to launch a Sharia-compliant private equity fund targeting real estate.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The energy-focussed private equity unit of Middle Eastern financial services firm Swicorp has made its second renewables investment in a month.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The Kuwait Finance Center has launched a new $200m fund focused on the Middle East and Northern Africa.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
