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FB Roundup: Li Ka-shing, Gebruder Weiss and Henkel, Impact Investing Institute

November 29, 2019

Li Ka-shing rebuffs criticism and gives HK$1 billion to Hong Kong businesses, Gebruder Weiss and Henkel get trucking on gas, Impact Investing Institute launches to nurture $502 billion impact market.

Li Ka-shing rebuffs criticism and gives HK$1 billion to Hong Kong businesses

Hong Kong’s wealthiest tycoon says he is getting used to “the unfounded verbal and text punches” triggered by protests in the city as his charity offers relief funding to small businesses.

The Jafar Brothers: Oil, gas and governance

March 13, 2014

Majid and Badr Jafar are busy guiding Crescent Group through expansion in Iraq, embracing global diversification, and tackling family governance. They are also sounding the alarm over the bulge in Arab youth unemployment, and the $700 billion family business governance time bomb. CampdenFB reports

Badr Jafar has had a long day. Dressed in immaculate business attire, his tie is askew and, although it is mid-afternoon, he’s still got a packed schedule for the rest of his day. In the evening, he flies to New York for a meeting at the United Nations about the Pearl Initiative, the private-sector partnership he set up to enrich Gulf corporate accountability and transparency.

Argentinean family confirms joint venture with CNOOC

March 15, 2010

Bridas Energy Holdings, the oil and gas company owned by the Bulgheroni family, on Sunday confirmed that China National Offshore Oil Corporation Limited (CNOOC) will take a 50% stake in a its subsidiary company Bridas Corporation.

The deal sees CNOOC and BEH form a 50-50 joint venture that will control Bridas Corporation on completion. Although Bridas did not put a value on the deal, CNOOC said it will pay approximately $3.1 billion for its share of the Argentinean company.