With banks and insurers offloading desirable asset management franchises to raise capital, 2009 is shaping up as a year with fewer, albeit headline-grabbing M&A transactions, follow

Private equity firms invested about USD526m across 36 deals in India during the quarter ended March 2009, according to a study by Venture Intelligence, a research service focused on pri

Axa Winterthur Wealth Management is offering Longbow Capital’s Sipp venture fund through The One from Winterthur.

Chicago-based Winona Capital Management has acquired a majority interest in Peter Millar, a manufacturer and marketer of premium lifestyle apparel.

Stamford, Connecticut-based Atlantic Street Capital, a private equity firm with a focus on lower middle-market special situation and deep value investments, has acquired EZE Trucking, a

Octopus Ventures, an investor in early-stage and expanding companies, has announced an investment of circa GBP900,000 in Phasor Solutions.

Low Carbon Accelerator, the Aim-listed low-carbon investment company, has released its results for the year ended 30 November 2008 and says it is entering a period of positive NAV growt

Luxembourg-domiciled fund assets fell by nearly 30 per cent to USD2,152.0bn (EUR1,548.1bn) over the year to the end of 2008, down from USD3,024.2bn (EUR2,068.3bn) in 2007, according to

Labco, Europe’s largest medical diagnostics group, has acquired AescuLabor Karlsruhe, a medical laboratory in Baden-Württemberg.