Private Equity
Hazem Shawki, Kashif Siddiqui and Walid Zein have worked together at Goldman for more than six years and are now going to help the Egyptian bank invest its third MENA fund.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Bowmark Capital has made four times its money from a consolidation play in the UK educational travel market. DLJ plans to take advantage of trends driving the market to outsourced travel providers.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
SHUAA Partners has raised $165m to invest in hotels, resorts and serviced apartments in the Middle East and North Africa.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Venture Capital Bank has launched a $15m fund to invest in SMEs and start-ups in the Bahrain, one of the first of its kind for the kingdom.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Alcazar Capital has invested in Bumi Geo Engineering and plans to launch its maiden third-party fund to invest in infrastructure services and logistics in India
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The two firms have invested in Delhi-based PVR Pictures to fund the expansion of its film production and distribution business.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Rapid economic growth and large pools of available capital are positive indicators for the industry, though a shortage of skilled investment professionals and restrictive foreign ownership regulations remain a concern.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
African Global Capital, a private equity fund backed by Och-Ziff, Palladino Holdings and Mvelaphanda Holdings, has agreed to up its stake in Coal of Africa from 9.1 percent to 26.4 percent for £138.75 million.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Tuninvest, the Tunis-based private equity firm, has closed its second fund focused on the Maghreb region on €125m.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The private equity firms have purchased shares in Weather Investments, whose mobile phone service subsidiaries include Wind Hellas and Wind Telecomunicazioni.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
