Amsterdam and Cambridge-based venture capital firm Prime Technology Ventures has reached its target fund size of EUR150m end 2008 and is approaching its hard cap despite the severe fund

Augentius Fund Administration says it is now the second largest private equity, real estate and closed-end fund administration business in the world with assets under administration rea

The total value of European private equity-backed transactions fell 59 per cent in the final quarter of 2008 to EUR8bn, the lowest value since quarter two 1997, according to the unquote

Crédit Agricole and Société Générale have signed a preliminary agreement to combine their asset management operations, comprising the whole of Cr&eacu

The board of Close Brothers Venture Capital Trust has announced that the business of Close Ventures, the manager of the VCT, has been acquired by Albion Ventures from Close Brothers Gro

International private equity firm 3i has appointed John J.

Reinet Investments has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Reinet Fund and the management team of Lehman Brothers Merchant Banking have agreed to acquire the management business

Law firm DLA Piper has provided legal counsel to HSBC Asian Ventures Fund 3 in its USD10m equity investment funding in Jaco SolarSi, one of the world’s largest suppliers of upgraded met

BlackRock, the world’s largest independent asset manager, has reported asset under management of USD1.31trn at the end of December, and while net income for 2008 was down 21 per cent to