Global investor confidence rose by a healthy 9.4 points from 70.2 in March to 79.6 in April, according to the State Street Investor Confidence Index.

Deal values for the pharma sector in the first quarter of 2009 have significantly outperformed the entire fiscal 2008, with a total value of USD166bn compared to USD14.7bn for Q1 2008 a

Small buyout specialist Matrix Private Equity Partners has received further proceeds on two exits originally completed in 2006 and 2007.

During the first quarter of 2009 Indian companies were involved in a total of 54 M&A deals, compared with 135 deals during the same quarter in 2008 and 89 deals the previous quarter

Chicago-based Deerfield Capital has entered into a new investment venture with Pegasus Capital Advisors.

Tribal Nova, a Montreal-based developer of parent-friendly virtual worlds and online educational gaming services for three to 12 year olds, has announced the closing of a CAD3m growth f

Lycera, which is developing novel small-molecule pharmaceuticals to treat autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease, has closed a USD36m Series A f

New Atlantic Ventures, an early-stage information technology venture capital fund manager with offices in Reston, Virginia and Cambridge, Massachusetts, has announced the final closing