What We do – Phoenix holding

Equine

Phoenix Thoroughbred investments is geared towards providing investors with significant returns realized through acquisitions, management, and divestitures of high value Thoroughbreds Bloodstock. We invest in a cluster of bloodstocks such as stallions, broodmares, weanlings, yearlings, and 2-year-olds, which leads to higher operational efficiencies, cost savings, and optimization of returns.

The Thoroughbred market is worth more than US$120 billion with the USA, UK, GCC and Australia considered as the leading sovereign players. Breeding and racing are considered its top two segments and constitute a major portion of industry revenues. The industry is set for continuous and sustainable growth driven by strong demand and an increasing prize money.

Our portfolio currently consists of more than 120 Thoroughbred horses ranging in price from

US$1-10 million, spread across the USA, UK, Ireland, France, Dubai, and Australia.

Real Estate

Phoenix Real Estate investments focus on Special Purpose Housing Segment in the UK, and in particular extra care, retirement homes, and specialist accommodation. Our balanced approach to portfolio creation encompasses both capital gains from properties stock for outright sale and attractive rental returns coupled with capital gains through yield compression on eventual sale from properties stock for rental.

The investments look to a variety of sources to fund development and related expenses, mainly equity investments and leveraging government grants. Currently, we are working closely with city and local city councils across the UK on four projects.

Food and& Beverages

Phoenix Food and Beverage (F&B) investments provide investors with the opportunity to invest in the global F&B industry to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns across different segments focusing on franchises with current global reach, start-up franchises, and regional franchises that are looking to expand globally. This sector is forecasted to see sustainable growth over the next 5-10 years.

The investment strategy is to acquire, actively manage and divest, at the end of a given period, high value F&B franchises. The Global Consumer Food Service Sector is estimated to be worth around US$1.7 trillion in annual sales and has been growing at around 3 – 4 per cent annually over the past five years. The food service sector includes quick service restaurants, casual dining, cafeterias, cafés, fine dining, takeout, and outdoor food vendors.

The largest segment within the global consumer food service is the Global Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) segment. This segment has been the primary growth engine for consumer food service and includes what is typically called fast food. It is estimated to be worth about US$600 billion in annual global sales with an estimated 800,000 units.

Waste Management

Phoenix Waste Management aspire to maximize resource value while minimizing – and even eliminating – environmental impact so that both the economy and the environment can thrive.

We intend to provide comprehensive waste management solution ranging from collection to recycling to renewable energy. Given the UAE’s rapid industrialization and booming construction sector, we currently focus on industrial waste, particularly metal scrap. This includes not only disposal and recycling, but personal counseling to help customers achieve their green goals including zero waste.

We are rapidly expanding into other areas of waste management including household, food and organic, medical, industrial, hazardous, electronics, bulbs and batteries, and oil and gas.

Phoenix Business Centre

To serve emerging markets in Asia, Africa, Middle East, and the CIS; global multinational corporations are setting up presence in Dubai due to its strategic geographical location and as it continues to grow as one of the world’s most desirable business hubs.

These corporations seek ready-to-operate offices and Phoenix Business Centre (PBC) offers convenient serviced office solutions for companies looking to plug and play and be fully operational with minimum setup time.

Centrally located in the Business Bay at ultra-modern Ubora Towers, with close proximity to the Dubai International Financial Centre, Downtown, Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai mall, and the world’s tallest building – Burj Khalifa – with excellent road network connectivity to other parts of Dubai including the Airports, Marina, JLT and Jabel Ali Free Zone, PBC offers fully-furnished offices with modern facilities including meeting rooms, WiFi connectivity, shared printers, pantry, security, parking, fully qualified and trained employees, and reception staff.

There are a number of office packages ranging from virtual office option to full-fledged office to accommodate up to eight executives and a manager.

FinTech

The rise of ecommerce has created a healthy ecosystem of start-up tech suppliers for the financial services, retail, hospitality, and other industries.

Realizing the future potentials of this emerging sector, Phoenix sought to invest in FinTech start-up entities that can either offer new technology solutions, improve operating efficiencies, or enhance operational security.

According to a recent study by the American Bankers Association (ABA), banks are expected to spend more on technology to meet the increase in compliance regulatory requirements, improve security, and upgrade mobile apps to reduce delivery and distribution costs. Hence, Phoenix soughts investments in tech start-ups which will help banks integrate innovative technologies such as peer-to-peer payments, compliance, or administration solutions into their massive legacy infrastructure. Please visit our subsidiaries page for a list of our current investments.