IPO And Privatisation Analysis
Nigeria
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...
2010-02-10Following 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....
2009-10-14To those who thought sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) would hibernate until the end of the global recession, Qatar Investment Authority (QIA)'s involvement in the VW-Porsche megamerger...
2009-07-28Iran
Iran's third-largest bank, Bank Mellat, offered 5% of its shares on the Tehran Stock Exchange on February 18. Iran has planned to privatise its four state-owned banks since it put...
2009-02-25Morocco
Attijariwafa Bank has agreed to pay US$93mn for a 51% stake in Banque Internationale pour le Mali (BIM). The sale of BIM is Mali's largest privatisation deal to date and attracted...
2008-07-30Mali
The privatisation of the Compagnie Malienne du Développement des Textiles (CMDT), Mali's national cotton company, is underway after years of delay. On April 25 allAfrica.com reported...
2008-05-02Turkey
On March 14 Turkish holding company Global Yatirim, who bid along with local subsidiary Energaz, was announced as the winning bidder for Ankara's gas distribution grid. Yatirim offered...
2008-03-20Turkey
Turkey's first major privatisation of the year was completed in late February with British American Tobacco (BAT) winning the bid for cigarette firm Tekel Sigara. BAT was the sole...
2008-02-26
