Sydney-based Pinnacle Investment Management has announced the establishment of Pinnacle Private Equity to manage a new mid market private equity fund, the Pinnacle Private Equity Fund.<

Large buy-out groups are facing further drops in investments as many leveraged takeovers of large companies are hit by the financial and economic crisis, research by the private equity

Boston-Power, a provider of next-generation Lithium-ion batteries, has announced USD55m in new funding.  

Canadian private equity firm Onex Corporation has completed the latest closing for its third large-cap private equity fund, Onex Partners III, with a total of USD3bn in third-party capi

European companies are responding to the economic downturn and a tightening of credit conditions by reducing working capital requirements and scaling back capital outlays for growth, bo

Swiss-based alternative asset manager LGT Capital Partners has announced the final close of Crown Asia-Pacific Private Equity with total subscriptions of USD373m.

CDC Group, the UK government-backed private equity emerging markets fund of funds manager, is making new commitments totalling USD40m to two private equity funds focused on investment i

Northern Lights Ventures has acquired an equity stake in Michigan-based investment management firm Seizert Capital Partners. While the terms were not disclosed, management will retain majority interest in the firm.       Established in 2000, Seizert offers three long-only equity products: Large Cap Core, Mid Cap Core, and Large Cap Value,

European private equity firm Bridgepoint, via Star Healthcare, has made a public tender offer to purchase all of the issued and outstanding shares in Terveystalo Healthcare not owned by

Basel-based BioMedPartners has announced the first closing of BioMedInvest II, the firm’s second venture capital fund, at CHF95m.