Investor optimism about the global economy has soared to its highest level in nearly six years, with portfolio managers putting their cash back into equity markets, according to the Mer

IBM has outlined a series of initiatives to help boost innovation with venture capitalists in Brazil in support of demand for digital infrastructure projects in telecommunications, heal

KKR Private Equity Investors’ net asset value was USD3,004.1m, or USD14.66 per unit, as of 30 June 2009.

Yorkville Advisors, the investment manager to a family of funds, has entered into a AUD10m equity line of credit agreement with European Gas, a hydrocarbon producer, developer and explo

GMT Communications, a European private equity group focused exclusively on the communications sector, has acquired the roadside assets of Titan Outdoor Advertising through its portfolio

Scoreloop has closed a EUR2m financing round by new investor Earlybird Venture Capital and existing investor Target Partners.

Edo Interactive, a provider of digital payment and marketing platforms, has secured a USD8.5m equity investment led by Clayton Associates along with First Avenue Partners.

Aureos Capital, a private equity fund management company focused on small to mid-sized businesses in emerging markets, has raised USD184m at the final close of the Aureos Latin America

Environmental Capital Partners, a New York based private equity firm, has acquired the assets of Intechra Holding Corporation, the largest independent IT asset disposition company in th

New Zealand has signed tax information exchange agreements with the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands, bringing to 12 the number of agreements that the British Virgin Island