Company Insights Investcorp Banking & Finance Investcorp News Banking & Finance Investcorp looks East with office opening in Japan Investcorp has opened an office in Tokyo as it looks to capitalise on Japanese investment opportunities. The Middle East’s biggest alternative asset manager, which managed $50 billion in assets as of December 2022, will provide global alternative investment solutions in Japan. It will also set the groundwork for it to direct private equity and real […] February 27, 2023 Analysis Energy Masdar could look East for investment opportunities Masdar may look to capitalise on investments in the East as it continues to increase its global footprint. Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy giant has committed more than $30 billion in projects in over 40 countries, powering in excess of 14gw of clean energy. It has also indicated plans to grow that by 10gw by the […] February 16, 2023 Business of Sport English football ‘shake-up’ will not deter Middle East investors A shake-up of ownership rules in English football is unlikely to put off Middle East investors, industry analysts have said. On Thursday, British tabloid The Sun reported that it had seen a leaked copy of the UK government’s football white paper, stating that takeovers of football clubs could be blocked if the prospective owners could […] February 6, 2023 Economy Investcorp reveals massive expansion plans in India Bahrain-based Investcorp has vowed to grow the size of its business in India five-fold in the next five years. The alternative investments firm, which managed $50 billion in assets as of December 2022, only entered India in the first quarter of 2019, but has since completed 15 investments worth $1 billion. Speaking from the company’s […] February 2, 2023 Banking & Finance Investcorp to set up ‘multi-billion dollar’ sustainability platform Investcorp has revealed plans to establish a “multi-billion dollar” sustainability platform to capitalise on what co-CEO Rishi Kapoor described as “the most attractive opportunity from an investment perspective that we have seen in a generation”. A report from consultants McKinsey estimates $250 trillion of cumulative spending on physical assets is needed over the next three […] January 30, 2023 Cop28 Clean energy investment may be hit by economic slowdown The global economic downturn could have serious implications on investment into clean energy and cause climate change targets to be pushed back, experts have warned. Elias Hajj, senior partner at McKinsey & Co, said during Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week that an estimated $6 trillion is needed annually to fund the transition to clean energy. But […] January 19, 2023 Real Estate Bahrain’s Investcorp to spend $1bn on real estate across GCC Investcorp is planning to invest up to $1 billion in the GCC real estate market over the next five years, it said on Tuesday. The Bahrain-based company’s announcement follows its first property acquisition in Saudi Arabia: a 215,000-sq-ft temperature-controlled warehouse in Dammam. Investcorp is assessing $100 million worth of potential real estate investments in the […] January 10, 2023 Banking & Finance Investcorp targets mid-sized buys in $500m China investment push The Bahrain-based asset manager has launched a fund with Hong Kong's Fung Capital, to snap up family-owned firms with growth potential November 29, 2022 Analysis MENA startup valuations take a hit as funding tightens Funding for startups in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has continued to decline this year, in line with global trends, but industry experts remain optimistic that the end of the year will see a resurgence. The tightening of cash has also meant investors are looking for increasingly bigger stakes, resulting in startup valuations […] October 18, 2022 EXCLUSIVE Banking & Finance Bahrain’s Investcorp plans three Saudi deals this year Investcorp plans to pump millions into at least three companies by the end of this year under its Saudi Pre-IPO Growth Fund, a senior executive has told AGBI. The first of the three planned deals is with TruKKer Holding, a Riyadh-based digital freight company often referred to as “the Uber of lorries” in the Middle […] September 12, 2022 Posts navigation Previous 1 … 4 5 6 Next
Banking & Finance Investcorp looks East with office opening in Japan Investcorp has opened an office in Tokyo as it looks to capitalise on Japanese investment opportunities. The Middle East’s biggest alternative asset manager, which managed $50 billion in assets as of December 2022, will provide global alternative investment solutions in Japan. It will also set the groundwork for it to direct private equity and real […] February 27, 2023
Analysis Energy Masdar could look East for investment opportunities Masdar may look to capitalise on investments in the East as it continues to increase its global footprint. Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy giant has committed more than $30 billion in projects in over 40 countries, powering in excess of 14gw of clean energy. It has also indicated plans to grow that by 10gw by the […] February 16, 2023
Business of Sport English football ‘shake-up’ will not deter Middle East investors A shake-up of ownership rules in English football is unlikely to put off Middle East investors, industry analysts have said. On Thursday, British tabloid The Sun reported that it had seen a leaked copy of the UK government’s football white paper, stating that takeovers of football clubs could be blocked if the prospective owners could […] February 6, 2023
Economy Investcorp reveals massive expansion plans in India Bahrain-based Investcorp has vowed to grow the size of its business in India five-fold in the next five years. The alternative investments firm, which managed $50 billion in assets as of December 2022, only entered India in the first quarter of 2019, but has since completed 15 investments worth $1 billion. Speaking from the company’s […] February 2, 2023
Banking & Finance Investcorp to set up ‘multi-billion dollar’ sustainability platform Investcorp has revealed plans to establish a “multi-billion dollar” sustainability platform to capitalise on what co-CEO Rishi Kapoor described as “the most attractive opportunity from an investment perspective that we have seen in a generation”. A report from consultants McKinsey estimates $250 trillion of cumulative spending on physical assets is needed over the next three […] January 30, 2023
Cop28 Clean energy investment may be hit by economic slowdown The global economic downturn could have serious implications on investment into clean energy and cause climate change targets to be pushed back, experts have warned. Elias Hajj, senior partner at McKinsey & Co, said during Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week that an estimated $6 trillion is needed annually to fund the transition to clean energy. But […] January 19, 2023
Real Estate Bahrain’s Investcorp to spend $1bn on real estate across GCC Investcorp is planning to invest up to $1 billion in the GCC real estate market over the next five years, it said on Tuesday. The Bahrain-based company’s announcement follows its first property acquisition in Saudi Arabia: a 215,000-sq-ft temperature-controlled warehouse in Dammam. Investcorp is assessing $100 million worth of potential real estate investments in the […] January 10, 2023
Banking & Finance Investcorp targets mid-sized buys in $500m China investment push The Bahrain-based asset manager has launched a fund with Hong Kong's Fung Capital, to snap up family-owned firms with growth potential November 29, 2022
Analysis MENA startup valuations take a hit as funding tightens Funding for startups in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has continued to decline this year, in line with global trends, but industry experts remain optimistic that the end of the year will see a resurgence. The tightening of cash has also meant investors are looking for increasingly bigger stakes, resulting in startup valuations […] October 18, 2022
EXCLUSIVE Banking & Finance Bahrain’s Investcorp plans three Saudi deals this year Investcorp plans to pump millions into at least three companies by the end of this year under its Saudi Pre-IPO Growth Fund, a senior executive has told AGBI. The first of the three planned deals is with TruKKer Holding, a Riyadh-based digital freight company often referred to as “the Uber of lorries” in the Middle […] September 12, 2022
