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Global IPO trends 2010 – Europe, Middle East and Africa IPO market

Q&A with Jonathan Grussing and Nick Williams After the dearth of new issuances in Europe/EMEA following the financial crisis, what’s your take on the roller-coaster IPO market so far in… Read more »

Private Equity Tax becomes more burdensome

As we all know, the complexity and administrative burden of the global tax systems facing tax directors is at an all-time high and continues on the ascent. With deficits increasing… Read more »

Life Healthcare Cuts Biggest Planned IPO by 30%

Life Healthcare Group Holdings Ltd., a South African hospital owner whose initial public offering would have been the continent’s biggest in at least a decade, cut the size of its… Read more »

Citadel Capital Named Top African Private Equity Firm—Again

Citadel Capital, the leading private equity firm in the Middle East and North Africa with US$ 8.3 billion in investments under control, was named African Banker’s Best Private Equity Fund of the Year at a gala dinner held on October 6, 2009, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey. A total of 14 awards were presented during the ceremony.

Signs of life seen in Africa private equity funds

The six-month upturn in global markets has re-ignited interest in one of the final frontiers of emerging markets — private equity investment in Africa — and underlines a substantial bounceback in investors’ risk appetite.