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Real estate PE challenged by liquidity issuesReal estate private equity (PE) fund managers around the world continue to face major challenges stemming largely from ongoing illiquidity within the capital markets, a report said. This has left few able to secure bank financing More… |
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Abu Dhabi SWF joins UK rail bidThe Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) has agreed to join Morgan Stanley and private equity group 3i in a bid for the high-speed railway linking London with the Channel Tunnel, Abu Dhabi's National newspaper said. State-owned ADIA, More… |
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Kuwait sovereign fund may sell Zain stakeKuwait Investment Authority (KIA), the country's sovereign wealth fund, may sell its 24.6 percent stake in telecoms firm Zain, according to a newspaper report on Monday. Daily Al-Qabas, citing unidentified sources, said KIA has asked sever More… |
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70pc businesses approve Bahrain investmentAlmost 70 per cent of business leaders from around the world would approve of investment coming from Bahrain, said a report. The Sovereign Brands Survey 2010, conducted by Hill & Knowlton and Penn Schoen Berland, two pre-eminent commun More… |
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Gulf sovereign funds eye China's AgBank IPOSeveral Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds are holding talks with the Agricultural Bank of China about investing in its IPO in Shanghai and Hong Kong this year, the China Business News reported on Monday. The Kuwait Investment Authority More… |
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Kuwait denies plans to cut euro zone exposureKuwait Investment Authority (KIA), the country's sovereign wealth fund, said on Thursday it did not plan to reduce its exposure to euro zone investments, denying a Kuwaiti newspaper report. "KIA denies local newspaper reports that there is More… |
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Qatar, sovereign funds return after retreatSovereign wealth funds picked up their pace of spending in the second half of 2009 after an extended period of retrenchment during the global financial crisis, a recent study said. The last two quarters of 2009 accounted More… |
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Mumtalakat moves Gulf Air ownership to govtBahrain's sovereign wealth fund Mumtalakat said it would transfer ownership of the country's loss-making national carrier Gulf Air to the Bahraini government. "Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company, the investment company for the Kingdom of B More… |
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Mumtalakat to choose rating agency in '09: CEOBahrain's sovereign wealth fund (SWF) Mumtalakat plans to choose a rating agency before the end of the year, its chief executive said on Wednesday of the move that would pave the way for the fund to access capital markets. This would make More… |
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Abu Dhabi to continue dollar-based investmentAbu Dhabi Investment Authority (Adia), one of the world's biggest sovereign wealth funds, is likely to continue making dollar-based investments because Abu Dhabi has a dollar-denominated economy, an official said. 'Adai has been fo More… |
