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Sedco, a Saudi private equity firm, has invested $45 million in 10 global companies in the past months - Reuters is reporting.

Sedco’s private equity fund which is launched a year ago has raised $113 million of which 40 percent is invested in 10 companies globally. Sedco has also invested globally in real estate and currently eyes Asian markets as well. The two-year old Jeddah-based firm manages about $3 billion in assets.

Sedco is listed in the Middle East Investors Directory with the code ORP18.

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Investcorp, a Bahrain-based investment firm, acquired Scandinavia's luxury retailer Georg Jensen for $140 million.

With a history that spans over 100 years, Georg Jensen is a global luxury brand that designs, manufactures and distributes jewellery, watches, fine silverware and homeware.

Investcorp is listed in the Middle East Investors Directory with the code OR30.

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Deloitte has released a new report on Middle East Private Equity entitled “Private Equity Confidence Survey”.

The results of the survey reflect a bounce back in confidence amongst regional general partners (GPs) and a more positive outlook for the long term prospects for PE in the MENA region.

You can download the report from here (PDF) . More details and summary of the report follows.

AGC Equity Partners, a London-based private equity firm backed by Middle East investors, has announced investment of $175 million in a Russian power producer.

The announcement by AGC, headed by Walid Abu-Suud and Khalil Amiouni, represents one the largest private equity investment in Russia by a Middle East investor to date. (AGC was part of a consortium that completed the purchase of the 26.43% stake in OJSC Enel OGK-5. Other investors are Russian Direct Investment Fund, Xenon Capital Partners' Rusenergo Fund, and the Macquarie Renaissance Infrastructure Fund.)

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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.

To see a list of investment firms from the Middle East, check our Middle East Investors Directory