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    • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
      Abraaj founder fails in final attempt to prevent extradition to the US

      Lawyers for Arif Naqvi claimed he risked being subject to intimidation if he was extradited

    • Thursday, 28 July, 2022
      The Big Read
      The strange case of the cricket match that helped fund Imran Khan’s political rise

      Despite laws banning foreign funding of politics in Pakistan, documents show a money trail from Oxfordshire via the UAE to the coffers of Khan’s party

    • Thursday, 27 January, 2022
      Abraaj Capital Ltd
      Founder of failed private equity firm Abraaj fined for misleading investors

      Dubai regulator rules Arif Naqvi ‘personally orchestrated’ deception at firm that collapsed in 2018

    • Tuesday, 3 August, 2021
      ReviewBusiness books
      The Key Man by Simon Clark and Will Louch — money for nothing

      This tale of a financier’s alleged fraud and spectacular fall from grace reveals the dark side of the private equity industry

    • Friday, 14 June, 2019
      Abraaj Capital Ltd
      US prosecutors widen probe into collapse of Abraaj

      Founder of private equity firm is alleged to have misappropriated $250m as more executives are charged

    • Wednesday, 29 May, 2019
      Abraaj founder Arif Naqvi released from UK prison on bail

      US prosecutors seek extradition on securities and wire fraud charges

    • Thursday, 2 May, 2019
      Abraaj founder Naqvi granted bail by UK court

      Pakistani national fighting extradition to US where he faces fraud charges

    • Friday, 26 April, 2019
      Private equity
      Abraaj founder Naqvi refused bail on flight risk

      London court rejects request from founder of Dubai-based private equity firm

    • Thursday, 11 April, 2019
      Private equity
      Abraaj senior executives held on US fraud charges

      Collapsed private equity group’s founder and former partner face claims of misleading investors

    • Thursday, 17 January, 2019
      Air Arabia files legal case against Abraaj founder

      First case against Dubai-based private equity group from a publicly listed company

    • Tuesday, 28 August, 2018
      Investments
      Abraaj founder settles criminal case over $217m bounced cheque
    • Tuesday, 31 July, 2018
      Middle Eastern companies
      Abraaj founder faces fresh criminal complaint over $300m loan

      Private equity group’s founder alleged to have issued a $217m cheque with insufficient funds

    • Tuesday, 31 July, 2018
      News in-depthCorporate governance
      Abraaj woes put Gulf’s corporate governance under spotlight

      Many experts have for years warned about weak standards of governance in the region

    • Monday, 16 July, 2018
      LexMergers & Acquisitions
      Private equity/EM: Abraaj too far Premium content

      Reputational damage to the Dubai firm is likely to spread as scrutiny of the sector intensifies

    • Sunday, 15 July, 2018
      Middle Eastern companies
      Charges dropped against Abraaj founder over $48m bounced cheque

      Rare bit of good news for private equity company fighting for survival

    • Thursday, 5 July, 2018
      Middle Eastern finance
      Case against Abraaj founder adjourned as deal talks move forward

      Arif Naqvi issued $48.2m cheque with insufficient funds, but a settlement is said to be close

    • Thursday, 28 June, 2018
      World
      Judgment on charges against Abraaj founder delayed until July
    • Monday, 25 June, 2018
      Companies
      Abraaj founder faces criminal complaint over loan

      Judge in Sharjah set to rule on Thursday on whether a cheque was issued without sufficient funds

    • Thursday, 21 June, 2018
      LexMergers & Acquisitions
      Private equity/Abraaj: private chancer Premium content

      Numerous questions hanging over the fund manager remain unanswered

    • Thursday, 14 June, 2018
      Middle Eastern companies
      Abraaj files for provisional liquidation in Caymans

      Dubai-based private equity firm seeks to push through $1bn debt restructuring

    • Wednesday, 13 June, 2018
      News in-depthMiddle Eastern companies
      Swift turn of fortunes pushes Abraaj to edge

      Dubai fund teeters on brink of provisional liquidation after months of value destruction

    • Tuesday, 17 April, 2018
      Middle Eastern finance
      Abraaj offers to step down as manager of $1bn healthcare fund

      Emerging markets private equity group has come under pressure from investors

    • Monday, 9 April, 2018
      Tail RiskJavier Espinoza
      Private equity investors should flex muscles more often

      Abraaj case is more exception than norm given disincentives to take action

    • Friday, 23 February, 2018
      Middle Eastern finance
      Abraaj founder Arif Naqvi hands over reins of fund business

      EM private equity firm seeks to restore confidence after dispute with investors

    • Friday, 23 February, 2018
      Financials
      Abraaj founder Arif Naqvi steps back from firm’s fund business
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