The Abu Dhabi Investment House is reportedly planning to launch a private equity fund to acquire distressed assets.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
A consortium led by the Bahrain-based listed private equity firm has acquired a 70% stake in L’Azurde, a Saudi Arabian jewellery company valued at $300m. The demographics underpinning MENA's demand for jewellery are encouraging, said co-head of Investcorp’s Gulf growth capital business, Azmat Taufique.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
The Bahrain-based firm has added a third school to its education platform with the acquisition of Dubai-based Al Maaref school.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
Industrial markets in North America, Western Europe and export-led economies are in for a difficult 2009, according to Cushman & Wakefield. However, emerging markets fared better, with rents in Rio de Janeiro rising by a staggering 46%.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
Investor sentiment is on the decline as the region suffers from a decline in petro dollar surpluses coupled with the wider global economic turmoil.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
Fresh from raising nearly €1bn for its eighth mid-cap fund, the French private equity firm is aligning itself to take advantage of market dislocation. It is also raising its third small-cap fund.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
Tokyo-based KK daVinci is reportedly in talks to sell three prime offices in the city. A sale would come hot-on-the-heels of the firm’s $142 million divestment of the Lietocourt Arx residential tower to Kuwait’s St Martins Group.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
CVC, Hellman & Friedman, Welsh Carson, Advent and Actis are among the industry veterans to have won awards in the highly regarded Private Equity International Awards 2008.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
For the first time in nine years, London is no longer the most expensive city in which to rent office space. Hong Kong and Tokyo are now the world’s priciest locations, with prime Hong Kong offices renting for $2,200 sqm per year.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
Wilfred Wong will formulate and manage the Singaporean group's business strategies in China and Macau. Wong is also a delegate of the National People’s Congress of China and deputy vice chairman of golf course developer Mission Hills Group.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
