Investcorp Bank
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| Public | |
| Traded as | BHSE: INVCORP |
| Founded | 1982 |
| Headquarters | Manama, Bahrain |
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Key people
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Mohammed Mahfoodh Alardhi, (Executive Chairman Rishi Kapoor, (Co-CEO) |
| Products | Alternative investment, buyouts, hedge funds, real estate |
| Total assets | $21.3 billion |
| Website | Official website |
Investcorp is a global manager of alternative investment products, for private and institutional clients. Its principal client base is in the six countries of the Gulf Co-operation Council, but it also has institutional clients in North America and Europe. It has offices in New York City, Bahrain, London, Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, Doha and Singapore .
The company offers investments in corporate investment, real estate , credit management and alternative investment solutions, and has arranged investments with a combined value of approximately $53 billion. It typically places the private equity of companies and real estate properties it acquires directly with investors on a deal-by-deal basis and through a fund structure. In addition, the firm operates the Gulf Opportunity Fund investing in the MENA region, and a number of technology funds. Since its inception in 1982, Investcorp has made over 170 corporate investments in the U.S., Europe and the Middle East and North Africa region, including Turkey, across a range of sectors including retail and consumer products, technology, business services and industrials, and more than 400 commercial and residential real estate investments in the US, for in excess of $53 billion in transaction value. The company diversified in 1997 into hedge funds. Non-Gulf investors, mainly in the US, now account for around two-thirds of Investcorp’s hedge fund client assets under management, with $1 billion in new US hedge fund mandates being secured in 2009.
Investcorp currently has approximately $21.3 ;billion in invested assets under management across its four asset classes. In 2011, it ranked 67th in the PEI300 (Private Equity Index 300) ranking of private equity firms by assets deployed, with $4.68bn invested in private equity over the previous five years.(subscription required)
The company maintains relationships with over 1,000 individual and institutional investors in the Gulf. The company is regulated in Bahrain as a wholesale bank, and has traditionally utilised long-term and medium-term bank financing, including private placements and syndicated loans, in order to ensure a longer maturity profile. The company’s capital adequacy ratio (Basel II) at 2012 year end was 22.9%. The company is listed on the Bahrain Bourse (BSE), with a financial year end of 30 June.
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