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Overseas capital floods into Latin America
Latin America is receiving a record amount of ... Last year, total private equity investment into Latin ... Last year, 70% of it was destined for ... Middle Eastern groups do not want to invest ... In June, US-based private equity group Crescent Asset ... And in May, Ithmaar Bank, a Bahraini Islamic...
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Europeans in the firing line as Fed bails out AIG
European banks could face billions of dollars in ... According to one analyst close to the situation, ... One source at a European financial institution said: ... AIG said in the filings that the trades ... AIG had over $30bn of imminent financial liabilities, ... In a statement AIG said it had recently...
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Goldsmith to raise £100m for clean energy
Ben Goldsmith’s Wheb Ventures is aiming to raise ... The fund is close to securing its first ... Ben Goldsmith is the son of the late ... He is one of four Wheb partners. The ... McNaught-Davis said: “We are aiming for a portfolio ... A report published by the European Sustainable Investment...
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Middle Eastern investors team up on $3.5bn fundraising drive
Three Middle Eastern investors have set up three ... Gulf Finance House and Ithmaar Bank, two regional ... The investments will be shariah-compliant. The infrastructure vehicle ... The hospitality fund will invest in hotels, transport,...
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Swiss private bank affiliate raises €300m for new fund
LODH Private Equity, a subsidiary of Swiss private ... The firm, which does not have a hard ... LODH Euro Choice IV will target European lower...
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Unigestion to launch two funds of funds
Swiss asset manager Unigestion is launching two funds ... It has seeded its Distressed Hybrid Fund of ... Jean-François Hirschel, Unigestion’s head of marketing, said: “When ... The firm said repricing of risk, increased credit ... Hirschel added: “The distressed cycle we are expecting...
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Tchenguiz aims for £2bn clean energy fund
Property tycoon Vincent Tchenguiz wants to raise a ... Tchenguiz aims to inject into the fund stakes ... He wants the fund to negotiate energy-saving deals ... Tchenguiz is particularly keen to strike energy deals ... His proposed fundraising would be part of a ... By helping companies reduce their energy bills, Tchenguiz...
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Middle market deals prove to be resilient
Two private equity transactions announced Tuesday and Wednesday ... Mid-market private equity firm Boston Ventures, which focuses ... In addition to providing capital to grow the ... Andrew Davis, another managing director who will now ... Also, on Tuesday San Fransciso-based private equity firm...
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India floats receive warm welcome in London
Four Indian companies have raised $387m (€249m) on ... KSK Emerging India Energy Fund, which invests in ... Shares in two other Indian energy companies have ... The fourth Aim listing was by Mortice, a ... Tracey Pierce, head of equity primary markets at ... There has been a substantial slowdown in capital...
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UBS rights issue priced at discount
UBS has set the terms for its Sfr ... Switzerland's UBS said it will sell new shares ... While UBS is guaranteed to receive the fresh ... On Wednesday, UBS finalised the sale of $15bn ... However, the bank has cast a bleak outlook ... The capital increase is UBS's second major injection...
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Private equity faces 'saturation'
The global private equity fundraising market is reaching ... London-based buyout research boutique Private Equity Intelligence said ... The increased number of funds being raised has ... According to the figures, the average number of ... Tim Friedman, spokesman for Preqin, said: “With funds...
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