Private Equity/LBO Analysis
Further emphasising growing interest in the Sub-Saharan African consumer play, UK based asset management firm Silk Invest has setup a private equity fund worth EUR100mn targeting...
2010-04-20To say that 2009 was not a good year for private equity (PE) fundraising and investment in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is an understatement. In particular, according to...
2010-03-23To say that Sub-Saharan Africa has not weathered well the private equity storm of 2009 is an understatement. According to the 2009 Emerging Market Private Equity Association report,...
2010-03-09Following 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...
2009-08-25To 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...
2009-07-28United 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...
2009-05-13
