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Arcapita, Inc. (formerly known as Crescent Investments, Inc.) is a Delaware-incorporated holding and real estate company, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The company is wholly owned by the Bahrain-based Arcapita Bank, formed in 1996 as the First Islamic Investment Bank. Arcapita Bank has offices in Bahrain, Atlanta, London, and Singapore. The company buys American companies for between $200 million and $1 billion, and sells them four to six years later. ==Name change== On March 15, 2005, parent company First Islamic Investment Bank and its subsidiaries changed their name to Arcapita and adopted a new logo. The name "Arcapita" is a combination of the words "arc" and "capital", "arc" symbolizing the company's global span, from Atlanta to London to Bahrain. The firm indicated that its name change did not relate to potential anti-Islam sentiments in the regions in which it was operating. The name change resulted in some controversy as to whether it was done to hide the company's Middle Eastern roots. According to the company, the unified name was introduced to avoid confusion about the relationships between the parent company, First Islamic Investment Bank, and its subsidiaries, Crescent Capital in the U.S. and Crescent Capital (Europe) Ltd., based in London. The company also wanted to reassure investors who were uneasy about the perceived religious association of the old name.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arcapita」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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