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.

Octopus Ventures, a specialist investor in early-stage and expanding companies, has invested GBP2m in Zoopla.co.uk, an online property information service and community website.

Job security concerns are widespread in the US private equity and venture capital industries due to difficulties in raising future rounds of capital, according to a survey by JobSearchD

Millennium Private Equity, the private equity arm of Dubai-based investment bank Millennium Finance Corporation, has announced an investment of AED92m in Kuwait Energy Company, one of t