The Northwest Regional Development Agency is planning to set up a EUR50m (GBP46m) Jessica holding fund in cooperation with the European Investment Bank to support projects that will hel

Ludgate Environmental Fund, an Aim-quoted investment company focused exclusively on the environmental and cleantech sector, has reported an increase in its net asset value to GBP51,395,

US defined-benefit pension schemes could be in jeopardy as funds predict sharply reduced investment returns from major asset classes up to 2013, according to research from Greenwich Ass

Atlas Venture, an early-stage international venture capital firm, has closed its eighth fund at USD283m.

Italian law firms Camozzi & Bonissoni Varrenti & Associati and Studio Associato LCA have merged together to form a new law firm called CBA Studio Legale e Tributario.

Emerging Capital Partners, a Washington, DC-based private equity firm focused on investing across the African continent, has acquired a minority stake in Thunnus Overseas Group, a group

International law firm Eversheds will advise One NorthEast on the creation of a new super fund for the north-east of England.