GCC continues to deploy significant capital into India-based opportunities
December 21, 2020 According to an article published by Zawya, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates remained bullish on Indian opportunities in 2020. Earlier in 2019, the Saudi Crown Prince announced investments worth over $100 billion in India in petrochemicals, refining, infrastructure, mining and manufacturing, agriculture, and several other sectors. In 2018, the UAE committed $75 billion investment towards…
Defensive real estate investments are receiving strong traction from GCC investors
December 12, 2020 According to an article published by Gulf Business, GCC institutional investors and high net worth individuals are actively eyeing direct and indirect investment opportunities in logistics and other emerging asset classes such as data centers, student housing, and senior living amid the Covid-19 pandemic. GCC investors made opportunistic acquisitions throughout 2020, as these investments tend to be…
GCC investors are bullish on ethical and environmentally sustainable strategies
December 9, 2020 According to an article published by Arabian Business, GCC investors are allocating substantial capital into sustainable and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) compliant opportunities globally. These allocations are financial and strategic, as investors would like to diversify their income away from oil and help GCC become a global hub for new technologies focused on the green economy.…
Mubadala invests over $11 billion in 2020
December 5, 2020 According to a Wall Street Journal article, Mubadala, one of the United Arab Emirates leading sovereign wealth funds with over USD 230 billion in assets under management is making big, bold bets during the 2020 pandemic. Going against the trend, which saw an overall decline of 36% in new capital deployed by sovereign funds globally, Mubadala has…
GCC’s high net worth individuals and family offices are eager to invest in ESG complaint opportunities
November 18, 2020 According to an article published by Albawaba, GCC’s cash abundant individuals and families are highly interested in sustainable investing. The article notes that 58% percent of high-net worth individuals across all age groups and generations out of GCC identify responsible investing as a key-criteria. The growing percentage of Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) complaint investors out of…
Greenstone recognized globally as top placement firm in 2018 and 2019
December 5, 2019 (Dubai) In an article by Institutional Investor, Greenstone Equity Partners was highlighted as the top placement agent for funds closed from the beginning of 2018 through June 30, 2019. Greenstone assisted 32 funds which attracted a total of $17.9 billion over that period, according to Preqin's December 2019 League Tables special report on Prominent Placement Agents. Preqin…
Middle East investors looking for the right strategies
September 29, 2019 (Dubai) In an interview by Banker Middle East, Greenstone Equity Partners' Chairman, CEO and Founder Alex Gemici, provides valuable insight on the current global political environment and the precarious position of the markets make existing geopolitical tension more of a risk than before. Highlights from the interview include: Commenting on the challenging geopolitical operating conditions, Alex Gemici…
Abraaj collapse drives GCC-based investors towards U.S. and European fund managers
August 1, 2019 (Dubai) In the wake of the Abraaj collapse, Greenstone Equity Partners observes GCC-based investors accelerating towards well-established fund managers in the U.S. and Europe, preferring to commit fund capital to safer havens in a flight to quality. Greenstone’s Chairman and CEO Alex Gemici was quoted in Bloomberg as stating: “The collapse of Abraaj has eroded institutional investor…
Greenstone becomes first Fund Placement Firm licensed by UAE Securities and Commodities Authority
June 11, 2019 (Dubai) Greenstone Equity Partners, the largest fund placement firm in the Middle East, has become the first firm of its kind to obtain a license to promote financial products and foreign securities by the UAE's Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA). The SCA has granted Greenstone’s UAE subsidiary, Greenstone Equity Partners Financial Products Promotion L.L.C., a license to perform…