Citadel Capital, a private equity firm in the Middle East and Africa, is to list its shares on the Egyptian Exchange. The listing will not include the offering of new equity in the firm at this time.   “We are about to enter what we believe will prove to be

Slate Capital, a private equity firm based in Baltimore, Maryland, and New Markets Venture Partners, a venture capital firm based in College Park, Maryland, have acquired ecoast Sales Solutions. eCoast, based in Rochester, New Hampshire, is an outsourced sales and channel marketing agency that executes customised programmes for the high-technology

Dubai-based Abraaj Capital, the parent entity for the Abraaj Group and its associated funds, has completed a USD375m capital increase to existing shareholders. The rights issue, which increases the company’s paid-in capital to USD1.5bn, was fully subscribed. Use of the proceeds will include seeding new funds to take advantage of

Aureos Capital, a private equity fund management company focused on Africa, Asia and Latin America, is launching the USD250m Aureos South-East Asia Fund II. The fund will be the largest pan South-East Asian fund to exclusively target small to mid-cap businesses.   It will invest across the South-East Asian region

WinBuyer, a provider of onsite comparative pricing applications, has completed a USD6.9m first round investment led by Pitango Venture Capital alongside Giza Venture Capital. WinBuyer’s OCP solution accelerates consumer purchasing behaviour and maximises income for online retailers by enabling price comparisons at the point of sale. Isaac Hillel (pictured), Pitango

Pharos Financial Advisors has launched the Pharos Miro Agriculture Fund, a USD350m private equity fund focused on acquiring and operating agricultural land in Eastern Europe, Eurasia and Africa.   Pharos Financial Advisors is an emerging markets investment manager that is authorised and regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority. It is

KKR’s assets under management were USD54.8bn as of 30 September 2009, up 7.9 per cent from USD50.8bn at 30 June 2009. Fee related earnings were USD61.5m for the quarter ended 30 September 2009, compared to USD54.3m for the quarter ended 30 June 2009 – an increase of 13.3 per cent.

TowerBrook Capital Partners is leading the creation of a new independent commercial lending institution called Haymarket Financial. Public Sector Pension Investment Board and Omers Private Equity are investing alongside TowerBrook in this transaction. HayFin will be headquartered in London and funded entirely by permanent equity capital of approximately USD700m. The

SS&C Technologies, a provider of financial services software and software-enabled services, has acquired TheNextRound, a provider of software solutions for the private equity and alternative investment communities. The acquisition extends and complements SS&C’s private equity software and services offering for the alternative investment management market. With more than 225 clients

The Wolverine Venture Fund, part of the University of Michigan’s Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the Ross School of Business, made a USD2m return on its strategic venture capital investments in HandyLab. An Ann Arbor-based developer and manufacturer of molecular diagnostic products, HandyLab entered