Company Insights Mubadala Investment Company Finance Mubadala Investment Company News Finance Mubadala Capital’s $8.7bn bid to privatise CI Financial Mubadala Capital, the Abu Dhabi-based alternative asset manager, has made an all-cash offer of C$12.1 billion ($8.66 billion) to privatise CI Financial, a Canadian asset and wealth manager. As part of the agreement, all issued and outstanding shares of CI will be acquired for C$32 per share in cash, except for shares held by senior management […] November 26, 2024 Video length: 03:43 VIDEO Tech Funding squeeze stifles AI innovation in Mena Emerging technology and AI startups in the Mena region are struggling to find investors. Industry experts say that the Middle East attracts less than 5 percent of global funding for AI because of the lack of specialised venture capital funds that are willing to take risks. “Our region lags behind the rest of the world […] November 25, 2024 Renewable Energy Masdar-led consortium to build Saudi solar plant Masdar, the UAE clean energy company, has won a contract with Chinese and South Korean partners to develop a 2GW solar project in Saudi Arabia. The company, along with its partners GD Power of China and the Korea Electric Power Corporation, will build the plant at Al Sadawi, about 500km north of Riyadh in the […] November 20, 2024 Analysis Oil & Gas Trump’s prospective energy team is a mixed blessing for Gulf The nomination of a fossil fuels veteran and climate sceptic as US energy secretary is likely to chime with Gulf expectations that the second Trump administration will aggressively promote oil and gas as integral parts of the energy mix, according to industry observers. On Saturday President-elect Donald Trump named Chris Wright, the boss of fracking […] November 19, 2024 Business of Sport Audi slams brakes on Qatari F1 buyout rumours Carmaker Audi has said its F1 team is not for sale, scuppering online rumours that the company was preparing to sell to Qatar’s QIA sovereign wealth fund. “We do not engage in speculation. The team is not for sale,” an Audi F1 spokesperson told AGBI on Tuesday. Qatar already holds a major stake in VW, […] November 13, 2024 Transport Mubadala to sell Brazilian port and mining assets Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Capital has commenced work on selling Porto Sudeste, a Brazilian private port terminal. The port is co-owned with Singapore-based commodities trader Trafigura. Describing Porto Sudeste as a “mature” asset, Leonardo Yamamoto, executive director of Mubadala Capital Brazil, told Reuters that the company’s role is “no longer very relevant”. Mubadala Capital and Trafigura […] November 12, 2024 Banking and Finance Adia to buy $1bn stake in US software company Qlik Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund is buying a $1 billion stake in data analytics software company Qlik, the latest deal in a string of Gulf purchases from buyout groups. Thoma Bravo, a US buyout group that specialises in software businesses, acquired Qlik for $3 billion in 2016 and is to sell a stake to the […] November 11, 2024 Tech Mubadala-backed chipmaker reports 29% drop in profit GlobalFoundries, the world’s third-largest contract chipmaker, reported a year-on-year net income fall of 29 percent to $178 million in the third quarter of 2024. Revenue at GlobalFoundries, which is backed by Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Company, was down 6 percent year on year to $1.7 billion. The company’s smart mobile devices end-market reported an 11 […] November 6, 2024 Renewable Energy UAE and Rajasthan explore renewable energy project The UAE has signed an investment memorandum with the Indian state of Rajasthan to explore a 60 gigawatt renewable energy project, focusing on solar, wind and hybrid power. The UAE Ministry of Investment said the agreement builds on a broader Investment Cooperation pact between the UAE and India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. Rajasthan, […] October 23, 2024 Health Mubadala pharma subsidiary makes four acquisitions from Yas Mubadala Investment Company’s newly acquired subsidiary, Kelix Bio, has bought four pharma assets from Yas Holdings’ healthcare unit, GlobalOne Healthcare Holdings. Kelix Bio purchased Bioventure, Bioventure Healthcare, Gulf Inject and Wellpharma, the Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala said on Monday. The value of the deal was not disclosed. Mubadala said the four acquisitions would […] October 14, 2024 Posts navigation Previous 1 … 11 12 13 … 37 Next
Finance Mubadala Capital’s $8.7bn bid to privatise CI Financial Mubadala Capital, the Abu Dhabi-based alternative asset manager, has made an all-cash offer of C$12.1 billion ($8.66 billion) to privatise CI Financial, a Canadian asset and wealth manager. As part of the agreement, all issued and outstanding shares of CI will be acquired for C$32 per share in cash, except for shares held by senior management […] November 26, 2024
Video length: 03:43 VIDEO Tech Funding squeeze stifles AI innovation in Mena Emerging technology and AI startups in the Mena region are struggling to find investors. Industry experts say that the Middle East attracts less than 5 percent of global funding for AI because of the lack of specialised venture capital funds that are willing to take risks. “Our region lags behind the rest of the world […] November 25, 2024
Renewable Energy Masdar-led consortium to build Saudi solar plant Masdar, the UAE clean energy company, has won a contract with Chinese and South Korean partners to develop a 2GW solar project in Saudi Arabia. The company, along with its partners GD Power of China and the Korea Electric Power Corporation, will build the plant at Al Sadawi, about 500km north of Riyadh in the […] November 20, 2024
Analysis Oil & Gas Trump’s prospective energy team is a mixed blessing for Gulf The nomination of a fossil fuels veteran and climate sceptic as US energy secretary is likely to chime with Gulf expectations that the second Trump administration will aggressively promote oil and gas as integral parts of the energy mix, according to industry observers. On Saturday President-elect Donald Trump named Chris Wright, the boss of fracking […] November 19, 2024
Business of Sport Audi slams brakes on Qatari F1 buyout rumours Carmaker Audi has said its F1 team is not for sale, scuppering online rumours that the company was preparing to sell to Qatar’s QIA sovereign wealth fund. “We do not engage in speculation. The team is not for sale,” an Audi F1 spokesperson told AGBI on Tuesday. Qatar already holds a major stake in VW, […] November 13, 2024
Transport Mubadala to sell Brazilian port and mining assets Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Capital has commenced work on selling Porto Sudeste, a Brazilian private port terminal. The port is co-owned with Singapore-based commodities trader Trafigura. Describing Porto Sudeste as a “mature” asset, Leonardo Yamamoto, executive director of Mubadala Capital Brazil, told Reuters that the company’s role is “no longer very relevant”. Mubadala Capital and Trafigura […] November 12, 2024
Banking and Finance Adia to buy $1bn stake in US software company Qlik Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund is buying a $1 billion stake in data analytics software company Qlik, the latest deal in a string of Gulf purchases from buyout groups. Thoma Bravo, a US buyout group that specialises in software businesses, acquired Qlik for $3 billion in 2016 and is to sell a stake to the […] November 11, 2024
Tech Mubadala-backed chipmaker reports 29% drop in profit GlobalFoundries, the world’s third-largest contract chipmaker, reported a year-on-year net income fall of 29 percent to $178 million in the third quarter of 2024. Revenue at GlobalFoundries, which is backed by Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Company, was down 6 percent year on year to $1.7 billion. The company’s smart mobile devices end-market reported an 11 […] November 6, 2024
Renewable Energy UAE and Rajasthan explore renewable energy project The UAE has signed an investment memorandum with the Indian state of Rajasthan to explore a 60 gigawatt renewable energy project, focusing on solar, wind and hybrid power. The UAE Ministry of Investment said the agreement builds on a broader Investment Cooperation pact between the UAE and India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. Rajasthan, […] October 23, 2024
Health Mubadala pharma subsidiary makes four acquisitions from Yas Mubadala Investment Company’s newly acquired subsidiary, Kelix Bio, has bought four pharma assets from Yas Holdings’ healthcare unit, GlobalOne Healthcare Holdings. Kelix Bio purchased Bioventure, Bioventure Healthcare, Gulf Inject and Wellpharma, the Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala said on Monday. The value of the deal was not disclosed. Mubadala said the four acquisitions would […] October 14, 2024
