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Britain has launched an effort to raise capital for infrastructure investment from Middle Eastern investors seeking to recycle their ever-growing wealth abroad - Financial Times is reporting.

Lord Sassoon, commercial secretary to the UK treasury, has seen huge appetite from the Gulf when he had a tour of the region last week, FT has reported.

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Orion Partners, a Hong Kong-based alternative asset management firm announced that it has entered into a partnership with Bahrain Middle East Bank, a Gulf-based investment bank, to act as its sponsor for its new China-focused private equity fund.

The fund aims to target investors from the Gulf Cooperation Council countries. According to the firm, less than 12% of GCC foreign assets are in Asia, and even lesser in China.

Bahrain Middle East Bank is listed in the Middle East Investors Directory with the code BFD58.

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The National Investor, an Abu-Dhabi based investment firm, has announced the successful completion of its exit from Depa, one of the world's largest interior contractors and a Nasdaq Dubai and London Stock Exchange listed company.

According to the announcement, this exit has yielded a cash-on-cash return of 2.8x on the fund's investment and an internal rate of return (IRR) of 61%. It is worth mentioning that they still retain an investment into Depa at the corporate level. Also, TNI's Chairman, Abdullah Mazrui is the Chairman of Depa, and his private office Mazrui Holdings retains a strategic stake in Depa. Orhan Osmansoy is the CEO of TNI.

The National Investor is listed in the Middle East Investors Directory with the code OR53

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Boeing called on cash-rich Middle East banks and investors to help plug any potential financing shortfall of its aircraft as European banks reel from the region's sovereign debt crisis - Zawya Dow Jones is reporting.

"The current European sovereign debt crisis, and its expected impacts on European banks, gives new impetus to aircraft investment opportunities for Middle East investors," Boeing said in a statement following its annual aircraft finance conference in the region.

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Some 218 investments were made by Middle Eastern private equity funds from 2004-2009 and most of them are looking for strategic buyers - the Reuters is reporting.

According to the analysis, trade sales and seeking strategic buyers for some of the assets will be the preferred choice for most PE funds in the current market.

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