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Wells Fargo ramps up private equity despite Volcker Rule
When former Wells Fargo & Co Chief Executive Dick Kovacevich joined Norwest Bank in 1986, he had reservations about its private equity investments as he did not think it was the kind of business a...
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Investors pursue Africa’s diverse opportunities
Turmoil in Tunisia? Conflict in Mali? Fraught elections in Kenya? Investment in Africa is thriving regardless. African investment funds have grown nearly five times in value in the past six years and...
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IREIFS Allocates $500 Million to Spend in Australia, New Zealand
Global boutique private equity firm International Real Estate Investment & Financing Solutions Group, better known as IREIFS, has its sights set down under. Read full article at The Wall Street...
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Qatar hires UBS for possible $3 bln VTB deal
Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund has hired UBS to advise on a possible $3 billion investment in Russian state-owned bank VTB, two people with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Tuesday. Read...
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Sumeet Jain leves CMEA for Intel Capital
CMEA Capital partner Sumeet Jain has left that firm to join Intel Capital. He announced the move on his blog. Read full article at Silicon Valley Business Journal. Read Sumeet’s announcement on his blog.
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A Citi Hedge Fund Business Prepares for Life on Its Own
Come Friday, one of Citigroup’s internal hedge fund units will begin a new life, free from its corporate parent and the restrictions that have come with new banking regulations. Read full article at...
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Actis pursues private-equity deals in SE Asia
Actis Capital Partners Ltd, a UK private-equity company with US$5 billion (RM15.53 billion) in assets, is pursuing three to four deals in South-East Asia (SE Asia) and expects the region to attract...
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Carlyle To Come Up With An NBFC, New Fund
Carlyle Group is now looking at raising a fund in the country and also set up a NBFC, as stated by ET. Read full article at DealCurry.
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Kenya private equity firm kicks off 1st fund, property venture
Kenya-based private equity firm Catalyst Principal Partners has an eye on demand from East Africa’s growing middle class as it starts to make investments from a broad $125 million fund and from a...
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Madison Dearborn to buy NFP for $1.3 billion
Private-equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners LLC has agreed to buy National Financial Partners Corp. (NFP) for $1.3 billion, the companies said today. Read full article at InvestmentNews. (Subscription)
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