Private equity (PE) financing for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is a fairly nascent industry in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, but it is increasingly being accepted …
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Ongoing political instability in the Arab world’s most populated country has not scared off at least one private equity (PE) fund from making major investments. Beirut-based Euromena recently deployed $20 …
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Last month’s market news was tainted with scandals yet again, most notably British bank Standard Chartered was accused of hiding some 60,000 transactions facilitated for Iran, worth approximately $250 billion. …
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The Oscar-winner question for the regional outlook on initial public offerings (IPOs) is not whether the Middle East and North African primary markets are stuck in a first quarter hurt …
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Many of the headlines splashed around the economic pages since September 2008’s global financial earthquake have inspired little confidence in Middle Eastern equities. The latest aftershock, involving Dubai World’s liabilities, …
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In times of crisis come times of great opportunity, or so we are told. The proverb does seem to bear some truth, however, when applied to the regional private …
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The skies between the Levant and London got a little cloudier at the start of the year, as airline BMed admitted it had suffered such substantial losses in 2005 and …
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One week into the opposition demonstrations that effectively paralyzed commerce in the capital throughout much of December, a few hardy businesses in the Beirut Central District (BCD) cautiously opened their …
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The Middle East continues to experience unprecedented interest in alternative investments as regional institutional investment in hedge funds is expected to surge to $140 billion, or 14% of the total …
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How would you feel if you owned 49.9% of a company and could not elect even one member of the company’s board of directors? How would you feel if you …