IFN Names GII as Best Islamic Private Equity Fund House 2025

Islamic Finance News (IFN) has named GII as Best Islamic Private Equity Fund House 2025 in its IFN Investor Awards for 2025. The prestigious annual awards seek to recognise and celebrate excellence across the rapidly growing global Islamic investment industry.

For GII (Gulf Islamic Investments group), a leading Shari’ah-compliant global alternative investment group with US$3.5 billion of assets under management (AUM), this accolade tops off a busy year including a range of investment deals, exits and business developments, including the Brookfield-led acquisition of GEMS Education in Dubai, growing its Vision Bank and Offa group entities (in Abu Dhabi Global Markets and the UK’s West Midlands respectively) and launching its new group logo on the billboards above New York’s Times Square.

Pankaj Gupta, GII’s Co-Founder and Co-CEO, commented, “We are delighted to receive this recognition from IFN, which is known to be a leading reviewer and commentator on all aspects of the Islamic finance industry. This will spur us onto greater achievements as we approach a busy 2026, with plenty of investment offers and attractive deals on the table”.

Mohammed Alhassan, GII’s Co-Founder and Co-CEO, added, “We remain grateful to the GII board for its firm guidance on GI investment operations, our expanding number of esteemed shareholders and investors, and of course the wonderful GII staff across several continents who make GII’s achievements a reality”.

GII has participated in several IFN events across the Arabian Gulf, other parts of Asia and Europe, run by IFN’s owners Red Money Group owners, which provide an excellent means to explore and develop new markets with investors focusing on a global Islamic financial industry estimated to be some US$7.5 trillion.