Middle East
Finance
ADIA teams up with Advent International to buy into US money manager
Fisher Investments on Sunday said U.S.-based private equity firm Advent International and a unit of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority ......
Finance
Edmond de Rothschild to open Saudi office, launch debt platform
Edmond de Rothschild Group, a specialist in asset management and private banking, is set to open an office in Saudi ......
Infrastructure
CleanMax owner Brookfield targets $5 bn for climate fund backed by UAE's Alterra
Canada's Brookfield Asset Management Inc., an active investor in India’s renewable energy, infrastructure and real estate sectors, aims to raise ......
Finance
Qatar Investment Authority coming as key backer in India housing finance PE buyout
Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), the Gulf nation’s sovereign wealth fund that has invested across technology, renewable energy, retail and healthcare ......
Consumer
Saudi wealth fund PIF in talks to create boxing league
Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) is in discussions with multiple boxing stakeholders to create a league, potentially reshaping the ......
People
BlackRock appoints MD for UAE, Oman, Bahrain
BlackRock on Monday said it hired Mohammad Al Fahim as managing director and head of the United Arab Emirates to ......
Finance
Path to profitability key in Egyptian VC Beltone's deployment strategy
Egypt-based Beltone Venture Capital (BVC), which is a subsidiary of Beltone Holding and is currently deploying capital from two investment ......
Finance
Shorooq Partners eyes Saudi expansion with ‘oversubscribed' Bedaya Fund II
Shorooq Partners, an Abu Dhabi-based venture capital firm, is set to double down on its commitments in Saudi Arabia from its oversubscribed ......
TMT
MENA Digest: Agritech startups iyris, YoLa Fresh bag big cheques
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region saw a slew of growth-stage startup funding deals this week, led by ......
Finance
DFDF to widen investor base in three-phase expansion strategy
Dubai Future District Fund, the region’s first evergreen venture capital fund-of-funds, launched with an initial corpus of $200 million from ......
