In anticipation of the implementation of Basel 3, which will commence in 2013, the investment guidelines prescribed for money market funds have been amended by the Registrar of Collective Investment Schemes – effective 1 July 2012. As a result of this, money market funds are likely to experience higher yields
For the private equity sector, 2011 was a roller coaster year, with the first half retaining the momentum from 2010 and the second half being affected by the global economic scenario. Fears of a double dip recession and credit downgrades in the West had an impact on the private equity
Despite the US economy facing the prospect of 8% unemployment and 2% growth through to the end of this decade, there are still opportunities to find stocks that will thrive, according to William L Paternotte, Partner and Senior Client Advisor Brown Advisory, the Baltimore-based independent investment firm. In this uncertain
Tenaya Capital, a venture capital firm that invests in high-growth technology companies, has closed Tenaya Capital VI. The USD372m fund was oversubscribed against a target of USD300m. Tenaya VI marks the firm’s first independent fundraise since spinning out from Lehman Brothers in 2009. The firm has over USD1bn under management,
Public and private sector investment totalling GBP56m will lead to the development and demonstration of technologies to cut carbon emissions from road transport and accelerate the commercialisation of low carbon vehicles. Over GBP27m of public funding, from the Office for Low Emission Vehicles and the Technology Strategy Board, together with
Mashery, a provider of API management platforms and strategy, has raised USD10m in funding led by OpenView Venture Partners and other existing investors including Cisco, Formative Ventures, First Round Capital and .406 Ventures. The company will use the financing to broaden its global operations, sales and marketing force. Mashery will
More than half (51 per cent) of consumer goods and retail (CG&R) sector companies are focusing their M&A strategy on high-growth economies, rather than domestic (30 per cent) or global developed markets (19 per cent), according to a survey published by Clifford Chance. The research, which was conducted by the
Sitoa Global, an e-commerce solutions and service provider, has secured an investment from Ingenium Capital, a European based private equity firm. The funds will be used to continue the company’s expansion into the growing social e-commerce segment. Ingenium Capital invested USD500,000 in a private placement at a price of USD0.15
Alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group has agreed to invest up to USD800m in Genesee & Wyoming Inc (GWI), which will enable GWI to acquire RailAmerica for an all cash purchase price of USD2bn (USD27.50 per share). Equity for the investment will come from Carlyle Partners V, a USD13.7bn US
US-based companies raised USD8.1bn through 863 venture capital deals during the second quarter of 2012, a nine per cent decline in capital and three per cent decline in deals from the same period last year, according to Dow Jones VentureSource. Through the first six months of the year, venture capital
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