The Dubai government-backed private equity firm has opened an office in New York following the opening of a Shanghai office last year. The firm’s high-profile investments in North America have included Cirque du Soleil and Barneys New York.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The C$52bn Canadian pension plan with an in-house private equity arm has followed in the footsteps of Ontario Teachers’ and the CPPIB by crossing the pond to source deals.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The Merrill Lynch Asian Real Estate Opportunity Fund is the firm’s first Asia-dedicated fund, which will focus on Japan, China, South Korea and India.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Investcorp president and chief operating officer Gary Long says the Bahrain-based firm’s investments portfolios were ‘under pressure’ owing to volatility in the financial markets.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
African fundraising soared to unprecedented heights in the first six months of 2008, but the second half of the year may not be as rosy, writes Matt Levin.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Oak Hill Capital Partners bought US drug store chain Duane Reade in 2004 for $750m, a price allegedly based on inflated earnings numbers.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The city’s aldermen approved the Citi Infrastructure Investors-led consortium’s $2.5bn bid to privatise Midway Airport, the largest such privatisation in the US to date. It came after the $12.8bn Pennsylvania Turnpike offer, in which Citi had also been involved, expired without a legislative vote.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The firm has tapped George Herold from UK property investor Matrix to head up efforts in the UK and Europe.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The real estate investment firm has picked up the 20-story One BriarLake Plaza office tower in Houston, Texas. The deal follows on the firm’s opening of a German office earlier this month.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The California-based gatekeeper has signed onto a global framework that allows institutional investors to evaluate their portfolios to make sure risks related to environment, social and governance issues are being addressed.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
