Middle East & Africa
Finance
There was a time when invitations from Libya's Colonel Ghadafi were discreetly declined, but emerging market investors are now increasingly drawn towards Libya, which Templeton Asset Management's Mark Mobius has rebranded 'the ideal frontier market'. This week, Libya invited foreign banks to submit applications to take minority interests in the country's banks. The Central Bank...
2010-02-22Uganda / Companies
SABMiller has acquired Uganda's market leading bottler water manufacturer Rwenzori Bottled Water Limited as part of a wider group strategy to strengthen its non-alcoholic portfolio...
2010-02-17Nigeria / Finance
The final stage of financial bidding in the privatisation of Nigerian telecoms incumbent Nitel is to open on February 16 2010. The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has said that...
2010-02-10Financing Strategies
Iran
Iran Khodro Company (IKCO) has taken a step closer to total self-sufficiency in its vehicle production after acquiring the technology to produce its own powertrains. The company has...
2010-01-06You thought that Europe was playing catch-up to the US in corporate bond issuance. With still more catching-up to do, it seems that Africa is the next continent stepping up to the...
2009-10-27United Arab Emirates
Bahraini investment agencies Mumtalakat Holdings and Investment Corporation Dubai (ICD) are set to take the next step in the metamorphosis of sovereign wealth funds, with both now...
2008-08-14United Arab Emirates
Bahraini investment agency Mumtalakat Holdings and Investment Corporation Dubai (ICD) have shown that Gulf sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) will continue to stay front and centre, with...
2008-08-14Nigeria
The final stage of financial bidding in the privatisation of Nigerian telecoms incumbent Nitel is to open on February 16 2010. The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has said that...
2010-02-10United Arab Emirates
UAE-based Metito, which designs and supplies water and wastewater treatment and desalination systems, is mulling over an IPO in 2010 to finance expansion in the water infrastructure...
2009-08-18Egypt
Egypt's state-owned Misr Insurance may launch an IPO of its life unit by July 2010 if conditions are favourable, according to the chairman of the Insurance Holding Company. beginning...
2009-07-08Qatar
The Porsche-Volkswagen (VW) soap opera rumbles on. Porsche has been pursuing VW for years and currently controls around 70% percent of the larger company - a 51% direct stake, plus...
2009-07-08There was a time when invitations from Libya's Colonel Ghadafi were discreetly declined, but emerging market investors are now increasingly drawn towards Libya, which Templeton Asset...
2010-02-22Uganda
SABMiller has acquired Uganda's market leading bottler water manufacturer Rwenzori Bottled Water Limited as part of a wider group strategy to strengthen its non-alcoholic portfolio...
2010-02-17Italy's Eni, Occidental Petroleum and Korea Gas have just signed a deal to develop the Zubair oil field in southern Iraq, in a 20-year contract which involves US$20bn in investment....
2010-01-26Following Santander Brasil's double listing in New York and Sao Paulo (the US$8.1bn IPO is the largest global IPO so far this year), the Brazilian unit has attracted yet more interest....
2009-10-14Anyone looking for evidence that the crisis creates opportunities just has to take a look at Africa. Before the crisis, it was viewed as the continent which had been bypassed by globalisation....
2009-09-02South Africa
A US-based private equity fund has announced plans to double its investment in the South African housing market by year end, as part of its search for new opportunities across Africa...
2009-08-25United Arab Emirates
Dubai World subsidiary Dubai Ports is reportedly in talks with Middle Eastern private equity (PE) firm Abraaj Capital over the sale of a minority stake, in a move that would come...
2009-05-13The Abu Dhabi Investment Company (ADIC) together with UBS Global Asset Management have announced the first close of a joint infrastructure fund targeting the Middle East and North...
2009-05-07United Arab Emirates
Sovereign-linked UAE funds are continuing to target foreign assets in a bid to diversify their portfolio and reduce their reliance upon oil. This year Aabar Investments, which is...
2009-11-18Libya
While many Gulf sovereign wealth funds have had their fingers burned by the credit crunch and the global financial crisis, Libya is looking to take advantage of the opportunities...
2009-03-29United Arab Emirates
The government of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates has sent a letter outlining the investment principles of its sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) to the US Treasury Department, as...
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