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Private Investments

First Abu Dhabi Islamic Finance PJSC's Private Investments business deploys capital globally and across sectors, capital structures, and asset classes. The Private Investments strategy is comprised of two complementary portfolios - "Global Opportunities" and "Core".

Our Global Opportunities Portfolio

Fully-fledged, opportunistic absolute return strategy with a global alternatives scope

Within the Global Opportunities Portfolio, First Abu Dhabi Islamic Finance PJSC targets investments in the alternatives space with high risk-adjusted returns. This broad and flexible mandate enables First Abu Dhabi Islamic Finance PJSC to invest across geographies, industries, capital structures, and asset classes, in an opportunistic manner. In executing this global strategy, we seek to partner with other leading institutional investors and domain experts.

Global Opportunities Portfolio Investment Criteria

> Fully flexible, opportunistic global mandate

> Sector, geography, asset class and capital structure agnostic

> Seek to partner with other like minded institutional investors

> Target investments with the highest risk-adjusted returns

FAB Core Portfolio

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Targeting stable, cash-generative assets within the MENA region

Within the Core Portfolio, First Abu Dhabi Islamic Finance PJSC seeks to take controlling or significant minority stakes in businesses with established track records, strong management teams, and robust governance frameworks. They invest in companies that demonstrate stable capital growth prospects whilst providing recurrent and reliable cash yields. As a permanent capital investor, First Abu Dhabi Islamic Finance PJSC is uniquely positioned to compound returns by partnering with businesses for longer investment horizons and across cycles.

Core Portfolio Investment Criteria

> Stable, cash-generative assets within the MENA region

> Significant minority or controlling stakes

> Target businesses led by best-in-class management teams with established track records, in sectors underpinned by strong tailwinds and growth trends

> Long term investment horizon to compound returns across cycles