The Kuwait Finance Center has launched a new $200m fund focused on the Middle East and Northern Africa.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The quoted Vietnam-focused real estate company, which spun out of private equity firm VinaCapital, has raised double its initial target of $200m in its second round of fundraising.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The French quoted investment group with €6 billion under management has rationalised its business and sold its non-core interests in venture capital and real estate for $214 million to US insurer AIG.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The Institutional Limited Partners Association has appointed Kathy Jeramaz-Larson to run its day-to-day operations.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Richard Branson might be setting his sights on Macau as the location for a $3bn, Virgin-branded casino and resort.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Former Morgan Stanley pro Craig Phillips is launching his own firm, Ptarmigan Capital, which will focus on real estate investment in southern India.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
As expected, UK-listed buyout group 3i has sold UK car park operator NCP to Macquarie for £790m, realising a substantial profit just a year and a half after buying the company.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
General partners are scrambling for more information amid vague indications that members of Congress might consider drafting legislation that would drastically raise the tax on GP profits. One legal source called these fears
3 min read · 22 January 2013
The London-based firm has sold its €277m stake in Vectrane, the property company it brought to the French market a little over one year ago.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The private equity real estate firm has joined forces with French billionaire Bernard Arnault to purchase approximately 10 percent of the French supermarket chain.
2 min read · 22 January 2013