Kuwait

CFW's view on the importance of the infrastructure sector for private equity firms continues to play out, and on December 16 Australia's Macquarie Group and the Abu Dhabi Commercial... 2008-12-22

On September 14 Dubai Group announced that it has become a founding shareholder in Mazaya Saudi. The group purchased a 20% stake in the Saudi Arabia-based real estate developer via... 2008-09-17

On September 2, Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) announced that it will buy a majority stake in the Industrial Development Bank of Jordan (IDB), a strategic investment that will pave the... 2008-09-03

Kuwait's Global Investment House (GIH) announced on June 17 that it plans to list its private equity fund Global MENA Financial Assets on the London stock exchange. GIH plans to... 2008-06-19

Zain of Kuwait is considering selling shares worth as much as US$5bn in an initial public offering (IPO) that could be carried out in Europe in 2009, according to an interview with... 2008-05-22

Kuwait's Global Investment House, an asset management and investment banking company, announced on April 22 that it will sell 355mn shares to investors. The share sale will raise... 2008-04-25

There are signs that Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) may be privatising United Bank. The American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt has said that the managing director of the bank, Tarek Helmy,... 2008-04-08

The market for Islamic private equity funds looks to be booming, as a number of firms in the Middle East have recently announced plans to launch new funds that will invest in the... 2008-03-14

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