Praxis Fund Services in Guernsey has announced it has signed an initial agreement to purchase Investec Administration Services.

Royalton Capital Investors II, a private equity fund focused on investing in Central and Eastern Europe, has acquired a 67.5 per cent stake in Activ, a parking operator in the Czech Rep

Low Carbon Accelerator, an Aim-quoted investment fund specialising in low carbon products and services, has announced that Living Villages Holdings, a UK low-carbon housebuilder, is bei

Sydney-based Pinnacle Investment Management has announced the establishment of Pinnacle Private Equity to manage a new mid market private equity fund, the Pinnacle Private Equity Fund.<

Large buy-out groups are facing further drops in investments as many leveraged takeovers of large companies are hit by the financial and economic crisis, research by the private equity

Boston-Power, a provider of next-generation Lithium-ion batteries, has announced USD55m in new funding.  

Canadian private equity firm Onex Corporation has completed the latest closing for its third large-cap private equity fund, Onex Partners III, with a total of USD3bn in third-party capi

European companies are responding to the economic downturn and a tightening of credit conditions by reducing working capital requirements and scaling back capital outlays for growth, bo

Swiss-based alternative asset manager LGT Capital Partners has announced the final close of Crown Asia-Pacific Private Equity with total subscriptions of USD373m.