Great Alliance Management seeks to expand its network and equity exposure regionally and internationally through participation in private equity funds, both at the platform level and the fund level. Partnership positions are undertaken with renowned fund managers (regional and international) with proven track records of sourcing attractive opportunities and executing profitable exits. Such approach provides Great Alliance Management with an indirect, risk-mitigated exposure to the various portfolio investments underlying such funds. Incremental benefits of such approach include potential advisory mandates and additional flow of structured credit financing opportunities for portfolio companies. On the equity co-investment side, and capitalizing on the fund manager’s expertise, we seek to co-invest smaller equity tickets directly into the target, with the aim of achieving attractive exit multiples by way of trade sales or IPO’s. The Principal Investments Division also encapsulates the group’s direct equity investments in associates which the team monitors closely as well as the under development greenfield industrial ventures.

Our services meet the ambitions of the customers

Our Credit Investments business focuses on investing our capital across global market instruments, high yielding, mid-market, structured and mezzanine transactions. The main objectives include capital preservation, relative liquidity and value enhancing rotation, and management of exits. Through leveraging a wide network of contacts, industry relations and thoroughly evaluating each investment opportunity’s own merits, the team remains flexible and efficient, considering a diverse range of Sharia’a compliant structures which possess a healthy risk-return profile.

The business also partners with a range of prestigious institutions with specific sector or market expertise to find compelling investment opportunities in the Middle East & North Africa region, Europe, the US and Asia.

The team has experience working across a range of industries, such as transport, healthcare, energy, consumer goods, financial services, IT and aviation. Situations the Credit Investments business investing include:

• Senior/ subordinated financing
• Bridge financing
• LBO/ acquisition financing
• Special situations including Mezzanine / Holdco Finance, Pre-IPO and Convertibles