Law firm DLA Piper has provided legal counsel to HSBC Asian Ventures Fund 3 in its USD10m equity investment funding in Jaco SolarSi, one of the world’s largest suppliers of upgraded met

BlackRock, the world’s largest independent asset manager, has reported asset under management of USD1.31trn at the end of December, and while net income for 2008 was down 21 per cent to

Praxis Fund Services in Guernsey has announced it has signed an initial agreement to purchase Investec Administration Services.

Royalton Capital Investors II, a private equity fund focused on investing in Central and Eastern Europe, has acquired a 67.5 per cent stake in Activ, a parking operator in the Czech Rep

Low Carbon Accelerator, an Aim-quoted investment fund specialising in low carbon products and services, has announced that Living Villages Holdings, a UK low-carbon housebuilder, is bei

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.