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African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM) announces investment into airport holding company,SEGAP

plutot — Tue, 03 Jul 2018 06:47:19 +0000

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Qatari Investment Group Acquires Parisian Fashion House Balmain

plutot — Wed, 22 Jun 2016 06:50:00 +0000

Qatari Investment Group Acquires Parisian Fashion House Balmain
22 juin 2016
The New York Times
Balmain, the Parisian fashion house beloved by Hollywood, the European jet set and the Kardashian clan, has
been bought by a private investment group linked to Qatar’s royal family and that has sought to build a luxurybrand empire.
Balmain, a mostly wholesale business, was sold to Mayhoola for Investments after having attracted bids from
several other private equity funds, including L Capital, an investment firm backed by the European luxury
conglomerate LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton.
Mayhoola “will allow the brand to accelerate its development, notably with the opening of new stores abroad,”
Bucéphale Finance, the Paris-based boutique mergers and acquisitions firm that advised Balmain shareholders,
said in a statement Tuesday evening. The sale will also fund the expansion of Balmain’s accessories business.
“After completing this transaction, Mayhoola for Investments will hold 100 percent of Balmain’s capital,” the
statement added.
The terms of the deal were not immediately disclosed. Balmain’s shareholders included Jean-François Dehecq,
the co-founder of the French pharmaceuticals company Sanofi, and the family of the former Balmain chief
executive and controlling shareholder Alain Hivelin, who died in 2014 at the age of 71.
Balmain has been injected with new fervor under the leadership of its 30-year-old creative director, Olivier
Rousteing, whose signature look — leather jackets, tight bandage dresses and lashings of gold, satin and sparkle
— has endeared him to film and reality television stars. Mr. Rousteing spearheaded a sellout collaboration with
the fast fashion giant H&M last year, and he regularly posts pictures of celebrity friends wearing Balmain on
Instagram, where he has 3.4 million followers.
The fashion house was founded by Pierre Balmain in 1945, and it passed through periods of financial difficulty
over the years before being revived in 1995 by Mr. Hivelin. It has enjoyed strong growth since Mr. Rousteing
joined in 2011, the Bucéphale Finance statement said.
The deal is the latest in a string of acquisitions by Mayhoola to consolidate its portfolio of luxury brands, which
have led some to suggest it is trying to create a rival to European luxury giants like LVMH or Kering.
The Qatari investment group first made waves in the luxury industry in 2012, when it bought the Italian fashion
house Valentino from the British private equity firm Permira for about 700 million euros, or almost $800 million at
today’s exchange rates.
Reports have emerged in recent months that Mayhoola is considering an initial public offering for Valentino as
early as next year, after nearly doubling profit in 2015 compared with a year earlier.
Mayhoola has also spent about 27 million pounds, or $40 million, for a stake in the handbags maker Anya
Hindmarch, and it owns 65 percent of Pal Zileri, the Italian men’s wear brand, which it acquired for an estimated
$145 million.

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French Group To Invest In Kingdom Holding

plutot — Sun, 28 Jun 2015 08:27:00 +0000

French Group To Invest In Kingdom Holding
28 juin 2015
Middle East North Africa Financial Network (MENAFN)
A group of French companies led by a state-backed investment fund has agreed to invest $150 million
in Kingdom Holding, the Saudi Arabian investment firm chaired by billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin
Talal, Kingdom said. Aeroports de Paris, insurer AXA and construction group Eiffage are among the
companies in the consortium led by France’s Caisse des Depots (CDC), the French state holding
company said in a separate statement. The move will enable the companies to “increase their
economic presence in Saudi Arabia”, CDC added. The deal follows signs of strengthening economic
ties between Saudi Arabia and France, which agreed on Wednesday to press ahead with feasibility
studies to build two nuclear reactors designed by French group Areva. Last month they set up a joint
committee to finalise some 20 projects across sectors ranging from defence to transport infrastructure.
The pricing of the share sale has yet to be decided, Kingdom said. Other companies in the French
consortium include telecoms operator Orange, defence electronics group Safran and environmental
services group Suez Envionnement . Kingdom and CDC said separately they had signed a
memorandum of understanding to discuss the creation of a jointly managed fund to invest in smaller
Saudi Arabian firms. Each party would initially contribute $50 million, increasing to $100 million with
the later arrival of third-party investors to reach an overall target of $400 million, CDC said. Kingdom
did not say when the share purchase by Caisse des Depots might go through or if the shares would be
newly issued or bought from an existing investor. Prince Alwaleed, who owns 95 percent of Kingdom,
according to exchange data, will keep his full stake in the company, the statement said. Kingdom has
a stock market value of about $22.5 billion, implying the French will buy a stake of at least 0.7 percent.
Foreign investors currently hold 1.1 percent of the firm via indirect investment channels. The Saudi
company holds shares in a vast range of international interests, from luxury hotel management
companies to the Euro Disney theme park, Citigroup, Twitter , and education and commercial aviation
operations.

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Alwaleed welcomes wealth fund deal

plutot — Sun, 28 Jun 2015 08:16:00 +0000

Alwaleed welcomes wealth fund deal
28 juin 2015
Mist News
A consortium of France’s big companies led by the CDCIC International Capital, the International
investment arm of Caisse des Depots, France’s Sovereign Wealth Fund, has announced that they
have approved an investment in Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), which is chaired by Prince
Alwaleed bin Talal. The deal constitutes the acquisition of KHC’s shares with a minimum amount of
$150 million (SR563 million) subject to increase. The number of shares and acquisition share price will
be determined at a time closer to execution. The share price will be based on the trading price of the
stock on the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul). The investment is subject to applicable regulatory
approvals under the Saudi Arabian Capital Markets Authority recently issued Rules for Qualified
Foreign Financial Institutions Investment in Listed Shares. Prince Alwaleed, who will be retaining his
full ownership stake in KHC, welcomed this important and strategic milestone deal that is taking place
pursuant to the Capital Market Authority opening to foreign investors.

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Kingdom Holding Co signs MoU with CDC International Capital to establish investment company

plutot — Sat, 14 Jun 2014 08:43:00 +0000

Kingdom Holding Co signs MoU with CDC International Capital to establish investment company
Islamic Finance News
14/06/2014
Saudi Arabia’s Kingdom Holding Company (KHC) has entered into strategic agreement with Caisse
des Depots International Capital (CDC International Capital – CDCIC) under which the two entities will
jointly set up an investment vehicle.
The new firm, which will be managed by both KHC and CDCIC, will focus on developing Saudi
projects and ventures with the help of French companies, technologies and expertise, KHC said in a
statement.
The partnership between KHC-CDCIC will help in promoting bilateral economic co-operation and to
provide easy access to long-term capital in the two countries by companies involved in economic
cooperation between the kingdom and France.
The two entities formed a working group, co-Chaired by Prince Alwaleed and Laurent Vigier, Chief
Executive of CDCIC, to push on the partnership.
The collaboration will target on attractive investments on a wide-range of sectors and asset classes,
mainly on opportunities which promotes economic co-operation between both the countries as well as
contribute to the growth and prosperity of the two economies, the KHC said.

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Kingdom Holding & Caisse des Dépôts Group Announce Strategic Investment Partnership

plutot — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 09:11:00 +0000

Kingdom Holding & Caisse des Dépôts Group Announce Strategic Investment Partnership
Zawya
12/06/2014
Kingdom Holding Company ( KHC ), Chaired by HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud
and Caisse des Dépôts International Capital (CDC International Capital – CDCIC) have signed a
Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) to establish an investment vehicle jointly managed by CDCIC
and KHC seeking to develop Saudi projects and ventures that shall benefit from the involvement of
French companies, technologies and know how.
KHC -CDCIC platform will help advance bilateral economic co-operation and trade and to facilitate
access to long-term capital in both countries by companies engaged in economic cooperation between
Saudi Arabia and France. To advance this partnership, a working group was formed, co-Chaired by
Prince Alwaleed and Laurent Vigier, CEO of CDCIC.
This partnership will seek attractive investments across a broad range of sectors and asset classes,
with strong focus on opportunities promoting economic co-operation between the two countries and
contributing to the growth and prosperity of both economies.
Founded in 1980, KHC is a publicly traded company which was listed on Tadawul (the Saudi Stock
Exchange) in 2007. KHC is one of the world’s most successful and diversified business organizations,
highly respected in the field of investments and recognized as an elite player in the Arabian Gulf
region, and internationally. The Company is recognized as one of the largest foreign investors in the
United States. KHC ‘s portfolio has its major interests in investment categories ranging from luxury
hotels management hotel companies (Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Fairmont Raffles Holding Intl
and Mövenpick Hotels, Resorts AG and Swissotel) and real estate (Kingdom Tower and project in
Jeddah and Kingdom Riyadh project) to hotel real estate investments such as (The Plaza, New York,
Savoy Hotel, London and Four Seasons, George V Hotel, Paris and other hotels). KHC also has
investments in Petrochemical (Tasnee) Media and Publishing (News Corporation and Saudi Research
and Marketing Group), as well as in Entertainment (Euro Disney S.C.A). In addition, Finance and
Investment services (Citigroup), Social Media and Technology (Twitter and Jingdong). Moreover, the
Company has investments in Education (Kingdom Schools), Health Care (Medical Services Projects
Company), Aviation (NAS Saudi Arabia) and Agriculture (Kingdom Agricultural Development Company

KADCO Egypt).
Caisse des Dépôts International Capital (CDC International Capital) is the Caisse des Dépôts
investment corporation dedicated to partnerships with sovereign wealth funds and other long-term
institutional investors. It was set up in 2008 to spearhead the Group’s international development. CDC
International Capital has since developed an extensive network of long-term international business
ventures (e.g. InfraMed and Marguerite funds, and Franco-Chinese fund) and joint investment vehicles
with the EAU, Qatar and Russia. Caisse des Dépôts is a French public financial institution founded in

It manages on behalf of the French state more than $550 billion of assets. It is a major global
institutional investor with an active presence in more than 100 countries through its subsidiaries.
Caisse des Dépôts financial soundness is reflected in its strong credit rating by Moody’s (Aa1),
Standard & Poor’s (AA+), and Fitch (AA+). Additional information is available at
www.caissedesdepots.fr/.

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Prince Alwaleed & Senegalese Minister of Tourism Discusses Investments

plutot — Tue, 02 Jul 2013 09:41:00 +0000

Prince Alwaleed and Senegalese Minister of Tourism discuss investments
2 juillet 2013
Middle East Company News
HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud, Chairman of Kingdom Holding Company (KHC),
received at his office, HE Mr. Youssou N’Dour, Minister of Tourism and Culture of the Republic of
Senegal and an accompanying delegation that included Mr. Birame Mbagnick Diagne, Charge
D’Affairs, Embassy of Senegal to Saudi Arabia, Mr. Ndongo Niang Ba Mouhamed, Economic
Counsellor at the Embassy of Senegal, Mr. Jean-Marc Forneri, Chairman and CEO, Bucephale
Finance and Mr. Kacy Grine, Analyst, Bucephale Finance.

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CDC in tie-up with Saudi conglomerate

plutot — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 09:15:00 +0000

CDC in tie-up with Saudi conglomerate
Infrastructure Investor
12/06/2014
“The French investor’s latest joint venture follows similar partnerships with the UAE, Qatar and Russia.
Caisse des Dépôts International Capital (CDC IC) and Kingdom Holding Company (KHC) today
launched a joint investment vehicle that will develop Saudi projects standing to benefit from the
involvement of French businesses, technologies and know-how.
The memorandum of understanding comes after the announcement in February 2014 of the creation
by Caisse des Dépôts, a $550 billion French investor, of its subsidiary CDC IC. The unit now acts as
the group’s investment arm dedicated to long-term investments with large international institutional
investors and sovereign wealth funds.
Its investments will target equity stakes in private companies, as well as focus on asset classes
including infrastructure and real estate.
This partnership with KHC is the fourth signed between CDC IC and international institutional
investors, following similar moves with the Russian Direct Investment Fund, Qatar Holding and
Mubadala of Abu Dhabi.
“The KHC-CDC IC platform will help advance bilateral economic co-operation and trade and to
facilitate access to long-term capital in both countries by companies engaged in economic
cooperation between Saudi Arabia and France,” said a statement announcing the launch.
A working group was formed to further advance the partnership, co-chaired by Prince Al Waleed Bin
Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, chairman of KHC, and Laurent Vigies, chief executive of CDC IC.
In addition to joint vehicles with international institutions, CDC has also developed a network of
business ventures including the Mediterranean-focused InfraMed, the EU’s Marguerite Fund and the
Franco-Chinese Fund.

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Areva intends to finalise the disposal of Canberra by the end of march 2013

plutot — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:50:00 +0000

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Prince Alwaleed, Senegalese Minister of Tourism Discusses Investments

plutot — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 09:38:00 +0000

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