Bahrain’s Investcorp Annual Profits Surge 56%

Bahrain-based alternative investment manager Investcorp reported a 56 per cent rise in full-year net income on Tuesday, aided by strong growth in fee income.

Investcorp, which expects to fully invest its $1 billion Gulf fund in 2013, made a net profit of $104.9 million in fiscal year 2013 ended in June, compared with $67.4 million in the previous year.

Profit growth was driven by “a very strong increase in deal activity fees”, Rishi Kapoor, Investcorp’s chief financial officer, told reporters.

Fee income at the company, which previously took luxury brands Gucci and Tiffany public, rose 40 per cent to $329.5 million, Investcorp said at a news conference in Dubai.