Evolvence India Holdings, an Isle of Man incorporated, private equity fund of funds holding company focused on India, has been admitted to London’s AIM exchange.

National Grid plc’s disposal of its UK Wireless business to Macquarie UK Broadcast Ventures Limited for GBP 2.5 billion will be followed by a return of GBP 1.8 billion to shareholders.

First Data Corp’s USD 29 billion acquisition by an affiliate of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) will result in shareholders receiving USD 34 per share in cash.

BNP Paribas has agreed to acquire RBS International Securities Services (Holdings) Limited, a 70:30 joint venture between The Royal Bank of Scotland International and The Bank of New York.

Appleby Hunter Bailhache has changed its name to Appleby with effect from 1 April 2007.

The majority of UK corporates (71%) are optimistic about competing against private equity houses in the current M&A market, according to the Corporates: Maximising M&A survey, cond

ICAP plc has reduced its stake in specialist emerging markets broker and arranger Exotix Limited  by 58% following a sale of shares to the employees of Exotix, and to IPGL Limited, a

NanoDimension, a nanotechnology venture capital firm, has established a new investment vehicle, NanoDimension Limited Partnership with EUR 45 million (approx.

LGT Capital Partners, the Swiss alternative investment manager, has strengthened its teams in New York, Hong Kong and Switzerland with a number of experienced private equity professionals.

Gem Private Equity Partners, which focuses mainly on private equity in Turkey, with selective investments in the former Soviet Union, has appointed Natalie Yukselen-Alink as managing direc