Private Equity

Sub-Saharan Africa

Real estate liquidity bubble 'forming', Sternlicht says

Barry Sternlicht, CEO of Starwood Capital, warns the US government's bailout programmes are not needed in today's markets as capital looks to the asset class in the search for yield.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

ASSET CLASS: FUNDS IN MARKET - October 2009

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8 min read · 05 January 2013

Holiday Poem

'Twas the Night Before Christmas (at a Private Equity Firm About to Relocate to Sark)

2 min read · 05 January 2013

SPECIAL REPORT: Thrivers and survivors

These 15 firms have the skills and strategies to dominate the real estate wasteland, say market insiders. PERE Magazine September 2009.

10 min read · 05 January 2013

Helios targets $650m for Fund II

The Sub-Saharan Africa-focused fund has attracted commitments from CDC and IFC. It will invest around 50% of its capital in infrastructure-related projects.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Wellcome’s Africa and Middle East head departs

Ritesh Anand has left the £13bn endowment to raise a Zimbabwe-focused fund.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Carlyle- and GS-backed Cobalt eyes $1bn listing

The oil and gas exploration platform, created in 2005 by a consortium including Carlyle, Goldman and First Reserve, hopes to fund its exploration activities despite having ‘no proved reserves’.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Ethos hits fundraising trail with revised target

The South African firm hopes to raise as much for Fund VI as its $750m predecessor.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Actis builds oil and gas portfolio with $102m investment

The emerging markets-focused private equity firm is forming an oil and gas industry joint venture with Singapore's KS Energy.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Citadel acquires taste for Sudanese halva

On the heels of revealing it would publicly list a portion of its management company, the MENA-focused firm has purchased distressed food producer Al-Musharraf for $19m.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

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