Arcapita

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Arcapita Group
Company type Holding company [1]
Industry Financial services [1]
Founded1997 [2]
Headquarters Bahrain Bay,
Manama
,
Bahrain [3]
Number of locations
 United States, United Kingdom, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Singapore [1]
Key people
Atif A. Abdulmalik, Chief Executive officer [4]
Hisham Al Raee, Deputy Chief Executive Officer [5]
Martin Tan, Chief Investment Officer [6]
Mohammed Chowdhury, Chief Financial Officer [7]
Products Private equity, real estate [1]
Parent Arcapita Group Holdings
Subsidiaries
  • Arcapita Investment Management B.S.C.(c) [8]
  • Arcapita Group Holdings Limited [1]
    Arcapita Investment Management US Inc. [9]
  • Arcapita Investment Management Singapore Pte [10]
  • Arcapita Investment Advisors UK Limited [11]
  • Arcapita Capital Company
Website arcapita.com

Arcapita founded in 1997, is an asset management firm. Headquartered in Manama, Bahrain, Arcapita also operates from its offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, and Singapore. [12] The firm serves a group of investors in the Middle East region including investment firms, family offices, high net-worth individuals, and sovereign wealth funds. [12] Arcapita completed over 100 investments in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia for a total transaction value exceeding $30 billion. [13] The board of directors contain nine members, mainly from the Gulf Cooperation Council. Members are chairs, previous chairpersons, or current Chief Executive Officers of sovereign wealth funds, regional investment firms or global financial services firms. [14]

Contents

History

Arcapita was founded in 1997. [2] Around that time, Islamic banking started to gain popularity, but the industry lacked Sharia compliant investment opportunities. Arcapita's Sharia compliant model was created offering private equity and real estate alternative investments. [15] Arcapita's first exit was Computer Generation Incorporated in December 2000. [16]

In 2003, Arcapita opened a London office. In the year that followed, Arcapita acquired Church's Chicken, a quick-serve chicken restaurant chain, based in the United States. [17] In 2005, First Islamic Bank, Crescent Capital Inc. and Crescent Capital Europe rebranded to Arcapita to unify their global brand across three offices in Atlanta, Bahrain, and London. [18]

Arcapita recorded a performance of $360 million in fiscal year 2008, [19] and extended their geographical presence by opening an office in Singapore that would handle investments in Asia. [20] In 2010, Arcapita moved its head office to Bahrain Bay. [21]

In 2013, Arcapita completed its restructuring which was initiated in 2012. [22] This restructure was due to the effects of the world economic crises that lead Arcapita to file for Chapter 11. [23] A year later, Arcapita raised a new equity capital from shareholders to fund its growth strategy. [24] In 2017, Arcapita along with Mumtalakat Holding Company, acquired a controlling interest in NAS United Healthcare Service, making it Arcapita's first private equity investment since the capital raise. [25] In 2017, Arcapita acquired branding firm Stratus; they then sold the firm to Vestar Capital Partners for an enterprise value of more than $450 million, reportedly three times the value at the time of Arcapita's purchase. [26]

In April 2021, Arcapita announced the purchase of the Cedardale Distribution Center in Dallas used by FedEx. The value of Arcapita's US industrial real estate portfolio became over $200 million after the acquisition. [27]

Portfolio

Private equity

Arcapita acquires interest in midsized companies with an emphasis on the United States, and the Middle East.

Arcapita's private equity portfolio contains 6 active and 41 exited investments. Some past investments include: [28]

Real estate

Arcapita acts as principal, arranger and manager of real estate investments, and has completed transactions worth $13 billion. Arcapita focuses of the following sectors: industrial and logistics assets, and rental housing, which includes senior living and student housing communities. [36] Arcapita currently has 16 real estate investments under its management, and over 50 exited investments. [12] Past real estate investments include:

Compliance with Shari'ah

Every investment made by Arcapita and its subsidiaries is approved by a four-member Shari'ah advisory board. In accordance with Islamic Shari'ah law, the company does not invest in any businesses which offer credit or charge interest, or any other product that conflicts with Shari'ah law. [43] According to representatives of the company, the Shari'ah advisory board does not make decisions about the financial merits of investments, and does not play a role in hiring or promotion of employees.

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