UAE Investors - VC, Private Equity and Real Estate

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.

More details follows from Reuters

UAE buyers were the second-largest group of foreign buyers of top properties in London last year after Russians, according to a new research by Hawker Beechcraft.

Aircraft manufacturer Hawker Beechcraft estimates that UAE nationals acquired 198 million-pound-plus homes in the capital, spending £320 million.

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Here is the top 10 buyers according to their research:

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

More details follows:

72% of HNWIs in the UAE have investments in real estate, the most held asset class, and 40% consider it a safe option - according to a new report by Barclays Wealth.

The report, Risk and Rules: The Role of Control in Financial Decision Making, is based on a global survey of more than 2,000 HNWIs. You can download it from here (PDF).

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Full details from Barclays Wealth follows:

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Abu Dhabi Capital Management has announced the final closing of its first fund, the ADCM Secondary Private Equity Fund, at $45 million.

The Fund is the first secondary private equity fund that mainly focuses on investing in secondary private equity funds in the MENA region. The firm is headed by Jassim Alseddiqi. They have already completed two transactions in the Middle East and North Africa region and one in the US.

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