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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.