Private Equity Firm Abraaj Capital In Turmoil
Abraaj Capital is one of private equity's most active and influential investors in emerging markets like the Middle East, with $13.6 billion in capital under management and a portfolio of more than 200 companies. It also appears to be falling apart.
VC Recap: Is Venture Globalization Good For LPs?
Introducing Trusted Insight's Venture Capital Recap, a compilation of the most important venture capital news over the Thanksgiving holiday. Here are the stories you may have missed:
7 Notable Single-Family Offices In Middle East
<span style="line-height: 20.8px;">Single-family offices in the Middle East differ from their American and European counterparts in historical origin as well as in investment strategy. </span><br style="line-height: 20.8px;" />
<span style="line-height: 20.8px;">Here are the seven most notable family offices in the Middle East:</span>
Dubai International Finance Center is Attracting Hedge Funds
Dubai’s financial hub is growing up. Since it was established a decade ago, the Dubai International Financial Centre has become the number one choice in the Middle East for many of the world’s leadin...
Kuwait’s KIPCO rejects $3.2 bln offer for pay-TV unit OSN
Kuwait Projects Company (KIPCO) has rejected a $3.2 billion takeover offer from a U.S. private equity firm for its pay-television subsidiary OSN
‘Gamechanger’ in Middle East Sends Traders Into Gold
The situation in the Gaza strip is unfortunately worsening by the minute. Israel’s military, the IDF, has stepped up attacks in response to Hamas missile strikes hitting deeper into Israel. The death...
Egypt Likely to Lead Mideast Private Equity Rebound, Report Says
The private equity sector in the Middle East and North Africa has been experiencing a rough ride since the global financial crisis engulfed the region five years ago....Last year was no different with the total number of private equity deals in the region declining to 66 from 101 in 2012, while the total value of those investments fell to $0.7 billion from $0.9 billion, according to the MENA Private Equity Association’s annual report on the industry.
Nomura Eyes Acquisitions to Fast-Track Mideast Expansion
When stock markets in Dubai and elsewhere in the Middle East region nosedived in the wake of the global financial crisis, there was the inevitable exodus of asset managers and brokers from the region...
Middle East Investors Will Spend $180B On Global Real Estate
Middle Eastern investors are expected to spend $180 billion on buying commercial property outside their own region over the next 10 years, according to new research from property advisor CBRE....
Egyptian Arab Lank Bank Hopes to Launch its First Real Estate Fund
EALB plans launching the fund before the end of the current year, expecting that the capital of fund will exceed EGP250million as the real estate fund has an increase in its sizes , Abdel Megeed Mohey El-Din, the Vice President noted.