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Article: Private Equity in Middle East- Newfound Recognition
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- Al Bawaba
- Article date:
- July 11, 2006
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Global Investment House Private Equity in Middle East- Newfound
Recognition- The majority of funds invest in more than one country
and many individual investments are themselves cross-border by
nature. At the fund investor level, while the bulk of capital for
venture capital and private equity funds is raised locally,
international investors are also participants, sometimes
significantly. Similarly, a proportion of financial institutions
invest in international venture capital and private equity funds.
Investment vehicles vary from country to country because fund
structures are linked to taxation and regulatory issues, which in
turn is linked to various national regulatory regimes. Because ...