Abu Dhabi Investors - VC, Private Equity and Real Estate

Abu Dhabi and Qatar Sovereign wealth funds are front-runners to acquire 42 U.K.-based Marriott hotels for around $1 billion USD - the Wall Street Journal is reporting.

Press reports Sunday said the Qatar Investment Authority, which is working on a deal with Blue Coast, an Indian hotels chain, had outbid the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, but that the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority believed it could execute the deal more quickly. The auction, which has been running for several months, is expected to conclude in the coming weeks.

Qatar Investment Authority is listed in the Middle East Investors Directory with the code BD44. ADIA is listed with the code BD43.

US private investment company Paladin Capital Group and Abu Dhabi-based investment company Invest AD have established a private equity joint venture that will channel investments into the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and Turkey.

The joint investment team has already identified a deal pipeline in the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey. (As DubaiBeat.com reported earlier, Invest AD and Japan's SBI Holdings has invested $100 million in Turkish private equity before.)

Invest AD is listed in the Middle East Investors Directory with the code BD46.

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Abu Dhabi investment firm Finance House is to buy privately-owned investment bank CAPM Investment to expand into investment banking and asset management - Reuters is reporting.

Under an agreement between the two parties, Finance House will acquire CAPM's investment banking and asset management licence, offering a premium of between 5 to 10 percent to the value of those businesses, one of the sources said speaking on condition of anonymity.

To see a list of investment firms from the Middle East similar to Finance House check our Middle East Investors Directory

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Abu Dhabi-based private equity firm Gulf Capital is in the final stage of acquiring close to 80 per cent of regional consultancy firm Reach Group - Reuters is reporting.

The deal may be valued at around $27 million (Dh100 million), according to the source. Gulf Capital will be closing the transaction during the first quarter this year through its $533 million Private Equity Fund II, one of the sources said.

Gulf Capital is listed in the Middle East Investors Directory with the code OR26.

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Abu Dhabi Capital Management, an Abu-Dhabi based investment firm, announces the intention to launch Qannas Investments on AIM and to raise up to $50 million.

The company said Qannas will seek to generate a target IRR of at least 20 per cent and its investments will be held for 3-5 years. ADCM currently manages more than $100 million in assets for institutional and high net worth investors. Back in July 2011 we reported the first closing of ADCM fund raising.

Abu Dhabi Capital Management is listed in the Middle East Investors Directory with the code SINX2

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