The US saw 57 private equity funds raise just USD15.5bn in the first quarter of 2009, a staggering 81 per cent drop from the first quarter a year ago and the lowest quarterly amount rai

Peter Schweinfurth has announced the formation of Gulf + Eastern Advisors, a private merchant advisory firm.

Northern Trust in Guernsey has been selected to provide fund administration services for the fund platform managed by Earth Capital Partners, an environmental investment business establ

Toronto-based online family information and entertainment provider Kaboose has entered into two separate agreements which together will effect the sale of substantially all of its asset

Tendeka, a private-equity backed parent organisation for three energy technology providers, has been launched with the aim of consolidating specialist solutions for increased efficiency

F&C Private Equity Trust has reported a net asset value total return for its ordinary shares of -4.8 per cent for 2008, which it says would have been considerably greater without th

Global M&A values are down 30 per cent from Q1 2008, while volume is down 54 per cent, according to research from mergermarket.

Having not seen a venture-backed company complete an initial public offering in nearly eight months, the US venture capital industry is suffering through its worst liquidity drought on

Atlantic-Pacific Capital, an independent global placement agent for alternative investment funds and direct private placements, has announced the oversubscribed final closing of New Cap