Financing Strategies

The privatisation of Saudi Arabia's port sector is progressing, with an independent firm due to be set up to manage the privatisation of eight of the kingdom's ports. BMI believes that... 2010-06-04

The first close for InfraMed Infrastructure indicates that private equity-like infrastructure funds are gaining traction in the domain of multilaterals and national development banks.... 2010-06-02

Trading of Trading of Orascom Telecom shares on the London Stock Exchange has been suspended pending an announcement form the Egypt-based company on the future of its African assets,... 2010-04-28

UAE-based Du has secured a vendor financing deal with Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), reports Trade Arabia. The agreement is supported by Finnish credit export agency Finnvera,... 2010-04-07

BMI supports the actions of two South African asset management firms who have launched an investment worth over US$400mn aimed at improving agricultural development in South Africa,... 2010-03-31

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... 2010-01-06

You 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... 2009-10-27

Following 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.... 2009-10-14

To 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... 2009-07-28

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... 2008-08-14