CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution, has committed almost USD3.5bn to investments in poor countries since 2005, according to a report by the group.

HarbourVest Global Private Equity, a closed-end investment company listed on Euronext Amsterdam, has estimated its net asset value at USD635.2m, or USD7.65 per share, as of 30 June 2009

The State Street Private Equity Index returned -6.46 per cent in quarter one 2009, ending four consecutive quarters of downward trend.

Milestone Venture Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm, has led a series B financing in IntegriChain, a provider of data solutions to the pharmaceutical industry.

Private equity firm Huntsman Gay Global Capital has completed the final closing of its first fund with total capital commitments in excess of USD1.1bn.

Investors have responded to a fall in world equity markets by scaling back their risk taking and returning to recession-proof stocks, according to a survey of fund managers by Merrill L

South Africa saw a total of 28 M&A deals valued at USD3.4bn in the first half of 2009, a decrease of 46.9 per cent by value and 65 per cent by volume from the same period in 2008, a

Aptana, a provider of open source tools and services for web application development and management, has completed a USD7.8m round of financing led by Rembrandt Venture Partners and inc

Helveta, a provider of global timber track and trace technology, has raised GBP3m in a funding round led by French technology investor Succés Europe.

GEM Global Yield Fund, the UK based private investment group, has agreed to provide KIG Mining with EUR10m over the next three years in the form of an equity line of credit.