Conyers Dill & Pearman has opened an office in São Paulo, Brazil, which will initially focus on investment funds, public company listings and holding company incorporations.<

Rising India has finalised an agreement with Auctus Private Equity Fund to provide a USD10m equity investment commitment.

Global Leveraged Capital, a private investment and merchant banking firm, has formed GLC Advisors to deliver advice with a capital markets perspective to debtors, creditors and other st

UltraCell, a producer of fuel cells for mobile power applications, has added USD3.8m in new funding.

The board of Pantheon International Participations, the quoted private equity fund-of-funds investment trust, has entered into agreements with institutional investors to sell a number o

PNC Global Investment Servicing has launched fund distribution support services in Asia.

Plastic Jungle, a website for selling, buying and exchanging gift cards, has secured USD4.8m in its series A preferred stock financing, led by Shasta Ventures with investments from Bay

Daphne International Holdings, a retailer of ladies’ footwear in China, has entered into an agreement with TPG Capital under which TPG will make an investment in Daphne through the subs

Formation Group, a sports and talent management agency, has confirmed that it is in exclusive talks with Gresham Private Equity over certain parts of the Formation business.

Guidepoint Global, a primary research firm, has acquired Vista Research from Standard & Poor’s. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.