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Abraaj Capital

Founded in 2002, Abraaj grew to become the Middle East’s biggest private equity fund and one of the world’s most influential emerging-market investors, with stakes in healthcare, clean energy, lending and real estate across Africa, Asia, Latin America and Turkey.
Abraaj

Third senior Abraaj executive arrested as criminal case widens

by Staff writerThu 18 Apr 2019Thu 7 Oct 2021

Sev Vettivetpillai, a former Abraaj managing partner, has been arrested for extradition to the US and remains in custody

In a report outlining the DFSA’s plans for 2019 and 2020, Stirewalt said its investigations into the Abraaj case will leads the entity to “take steps to strengthen our supervisory oversight going forward.”
Abraaj

DIFC regulator to strengthen corporate oversight in wake of Abraaj collapse

by Bernd Debusmann JrMon 4 Mar 2019Wed 6 Oct 2021

Dubai Financial Services Authority CEO Bryan Stirewalt said it will review its approach to supervision after an exhaustive investigation into the Abraaj scandal

Abraaj was one of the most high-profile private equity companies in the Middle East until its dramatic collapse last year.
Abraaj

Dubai’s Abraaj ‘close’ to selling K-Electric stake to Chinese firm

by Staff writerMon 7 Jan 2019Wed 6 Oct 2021

Troubled private equity firm reportedly nears agreement to sell 66% interest in Pakistan power company

A painting by Indian artist Manjit Bawa secured the highest price of $615,000 (AED2.3m).
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Abraaj art sale in London raises $5.9m

by Staff WriterThu 25 Oct 2018Wed 6 Oct 2021

There will also be an online only auction of other items from the Abraaj collection in November

Abraaj founder Arif Naqvi 
(Photo: RODGER BOSCH/AFP/Getty Images)
Abraaj

Abraaj founder Arif Naqvi slams WSJ report, denies corruption claims

by Bernd Debusmann JrWed 17 Oct 2018Wed 6 Oct 2021

Wall Street Journal reported that Naqvi offered $20 million to a Pakistani businessmen for cooperation in the sale of Abraaj’s stake in Pakistan’s K-Electric

Abraaj’s fund has a mandate to provide affordable, high-quality healthcare to lower-income patients in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, and it’s in the process of separating from Dubai-based Abraaj Group.
Abraaj Capital

PE firm TPG in talks to take over Abraaj Group’s $1bn healthcare fund

by BloombergTue 25 Sep 2018Wed 6 Oct 2021

Abraaj’s fund has a mandate to provide affordable, high-quality healthcare to lower-income patients in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia

Abraaj Capital

London investor said to bid for funds held by Dubai’s Abraaj

by Staff writerFri 31 Aug 2018Thu 7 Oct 2021

Actis, a London-based emerging market investor, has reportedly bid to buy most of the private equity funds business of troubled Dubai-based Abraaj

Abraaj

Parties reach settlement over second Abraaj bounced cheque case

by Staff WriterTue 28 Aug 2018Thu 7 Oct 2021

Settlement with founder of Crescent Group, Hamid Jafar, means Abraaj’s Arif Naqvi will no longer face jail sentence over the $217m bounced cheque

Abraaj

Abraaj fund investors claim they are owed at least $300m

by Staff Writer Mon 27 Aug 2018Thu 7 Oct 2021

The investors’ council said Deloitte and PwC have made ‘insufficient progress’ to stem losses tied to ‘mismanagement and apparent fraudulent activity’ by Abraaj since they were appointed in June

Abraaj Capital

DIFC Courts appoints liquidators to wind up Abraaj Capital

by Staff Writer Thu 16 Aug 2018Thu 7 Oct 2021

Dubai Financial Services Authority says DIFC Courts has appointed Deloitte execs to oversee winding up of Abraaj Capital

Employees are concerned they won’t get a lump-sum payment due to workers under UAE law instead of a pension, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified because the information is private.
Abraaj

Abraaj liquidator is seeking ways to fund payments to employees

by Staff Writer Thu 28 Jun 2018Thu 7 Oct 2021

About 90 employees such as back-office staff, secretaries and receptionists are owed money after working for the buyout firm

Abraaj Group founder Arif Naqvi
Photo: RODGER BOSCH/AFP/Getty Images.
Abraaj

Arif Naqvi faces criminal case, possible jail in new Abraaj case

by Staff Writer Tue 26 Jun 2018Thu 7 Oct 2021

The Abraaj founder’s attorney says he believes a solution that is satisfactory to all parties can be found

The Dubai Middlesex campus opened in January 2005 and has more than 3,000 students from over 100 nations. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate programs in a wide range of subjects.
Abraaj

Abraaj said to sell Dubai campus to Amanat at $100m

by Staff Writer Mon 25 Jun 2018Thu 7 Oct 2021

Dubai-based Amanat would own all of the UK-based university’s campus, which had annual revenue of about $40 million

Abraaj

Air Arabia’s shares drop after revealing $336m exposure to Abraaj

by Staff Writer Thu 21 Jun 2018Sun 14 Nov 2021

Abraaj at one point owned 17 percent of Air Arabia and the private equity firm’s founder Arif Naqvi is still one of its board members

Air Arabia shares plunged 7.1 percent in Dubai on Monday to the lowest level in 11 months. The volume of trading in the stock was almost seven times its 30-day average.
Abraaj

Air Arabia seeks to protect Abraaj investment

by Staff Writer Mon 18 Jun 2018Thu 7 Oct 2021

One of Abraaj’s creditors has called on the company to accept an independent provisional liquidator

It took Pakistani financier Arif Naqvi about 15 years to build Abraaj into one of the developing world’s most influential investors.
Abraaj Capital

Timeline: how fortunes have spiralled at Dubai’s Abraaj

by Staff Writer Thu 14 Jun 2018Thu 7 Oct 2021

Abraaj, which once managed almost $14bn, has now filed for provisional liquidation in the Cayman Islands

Arif Naqvi is the founder of The Abraaj Group.
Abraaj Capital

Dubai’s troubled buyout firm Abraaj files for provisional liquidation

by Staff Writer Thu 14 Jun 2018Thu 7 Oct 2021

Company files application for a court-supervised restructuring in the Cayman Islands; plans to appoint joint provisional liquidators

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