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...A year ago, Horowitz’s trips to Saudi Arabia would have been an anomaly among VCs flush with cash and keen to avoid the moral predicament of dealing with states with poor human rights records....
...Tom King: Royal flush The assemblage of Bob Diamond’s old friends and colleagues around his post-Barclays empire continues apace....
...Royal Bank of Scotland is trying to drum up interest in the portfolio of 316 branches it must sell under EU state-aid rules, and expand the bidding away from lowball private equity offers....
...For cash-flush Qatar Holding, it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity....
...The country’s commercial powerhouses are flush with cash and are enjoying an environment of low interest rates in which banks are desperate to lend....
...Meanwhile, most private equity groups are flush with cash after fundraisings. It seems a match made in heaven....
...But large branded groups – such as Tesco or Royal Bank of Scotland – should not be subject to these rules simply because they are prominent companies....
...Flush with victories in three large European stocks this year, Mr Knight, KVAM’s founder, said the group is in discussions with several private equity investors who are seeking to invest with it....
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