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Investcorp eyes businesses linked to Saudi Aramco

Investcorp eyes businesses linked to Saudi Aramco
Investcorp said it is eyeing businesses that 鈥榣ive around Aramco鈥 such as chemicals companies and could consider buying Saudi Aramco鈥檚 assets that are sold off after its planned listing in 2018. (Reuters)
Updated 03 October 2017

Investcorp eyes businesses linked to Saudi Aramco

Investcorp eyes businesses linked to Saudi Aramco

ABU DHABI: Bahrain-listed Investcorp aims to invest in companies that support oil giant Saudi Aramco and is also eyeing health care and education assets being sold in 抖阴短视频鈥檚 privatization drive, its executive chairman said.
The private equity and alternative asset firm, which has offices around the world, aims to more than double investments to $50 billion in five years by expanding existing businesses and through acquisitions in areas such as infrastructure.
鈥淲e are going to invest in the future of 抖阴短视频,鈥 Mohammed Mahfoodh Alardhi told Reuters in Abu Dhabi.
The firm is eyeing businesses that 鈥渓ive around Aramco鈥 such as chemicals companies and could consider buying Aramco assets that are sold off after its planned listing in 2018, he said.
Riyadh plans to sell about 5 percent of Aramco in an initial public offering (IPO), raising about $100 billion to invest in industries outside the oil sector, part of the Kingdom鈥檚 鈥淰ision 2030鈥 plan that aims to wean the nation off reliance on oil.
Saudi Aramco has some non-oil assets, such as a soccer stadium and projects to manage floodwater drainage in Jeddah. Some non-oil businesses could be sold off, sources say.
Investcorp is planning launch a $750 million health care fund, with part of that investment earmarked for 抖阴短视频.
鈥淥ne of the things that this transformation is going to do in 抖阴短视频 is take a lot of burden from the government and put that on the private sector,鈥 Alardhi said. 鈥淥ne of them that we are very interested in is health care.鈥
Investcorp bought a stake last year in 抖阴短视频鈥檚 Al Borg Medical Laboratories, one of the largest private medical laboratory chains in the Gulf. It did not disclose the stake size, although a source said it was looking at 30 to 40 percent.
Under Alardhi, a former Omani air force chief who became the firm鈥檚 executive chairman in 2015, Investcorp has more than doubled its assets under his management, which have risen to $21.3 billion by end of June from $10.8 billion.
Alardhi said it wanted that figure to rise to $50 billion in five years, partly by expanding into new areas such as infrastructure and secondary market activities in private equity, as well as investing in growing markets like China.
Alardhi said Investcorp was working on 15 offerings for investors, which included sales of stakes in companies and other structured financial products. He did not give a timeline.
鈥淥ur global footprint is increasing, our brand is strengthening 鈥 we are no more just a bridge between the Gulf and North America,鈥 he said.