The Isle of Man is the number one country for companies looking to register on Aim outside of the UK, currently with 67 Isle of Man company registrations, according to a report from Hem

International law firm Mayer Brown has been appointed by UK private equity firm Pamplona Capital Management as it seeks to buy almost one-third of Lloyd’s of London insurer Chaucer Hold

CM Equity Partners, a private equity firm holding approximately 30 per cent of ICF International’s outstanding common stock, has distributed 1.5 million shares of ICF stock.

Venture-backed company exit activity showed mild improvement in the second quarter of 2009 but still fell far short of historical norms, according to a report by Thomson Reuters and the

Despite the upturn in the financial markets over the last quarter, the first half of 2009 was a weak half-year for mergers and acquisitions across the board, according to mergermarket.

Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors has closed its fifth energy private equity fund with total commitments of USD820m.

Matrix Private Equity Partners, the small buyout specialist, has sold Tottel to Bloomsbury Publishing, the publishers of the Harry Potter novels, for GBP10m.

Even with the end of a nine-month drought in initial public offerings, the second quarter was one of the worst for venture capital-backed liquidity since the doldrums of early 2003, acc

Capital Fountain, an online marketplace and professional networking application for investors, lenders, entrepreneurs and financial professionals, has launched.