Innovation Works, an early-stage high-tech investment firm in China that invests in and coaches young entrepreneurs as well as providing complete services to help these start-ups, has successfully raised USD180 million. The Innovation Works Development Fund (IWDF) is the first US dollar-based fund raised by the firm to be
F&C Investments, the London-listed GBP108 billion asset management group, has hired Stuart Hastie as an Associate Director with responsibility for business development in its Edinburgh-headquartered private equity funds team. Hastie’s role includes investor relations, fund raising and new product development. Hastie joins F&C with 15-years experience in the investment and
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged two Florida men with operating a Ponzi scheme disguised as a purported private equity fund that fraudulently raised approximately USD22 million from more than 100 investors, many of whom were Florida teachers or retirees. According to the SEC’s complaint filed in US
Bendigo Partners has made a strategic investment in Akatsuki Financial Group, a Japan based mid-sized financial services firm, specialising in retail brokerage and asset management, with origins dating back over 130 years. Bendigo is investing alongside Monex Group (ticker 8698, Tokyo Stock Exchange), a leading online financial services provider and
Representatives from Guernsey Finance visited China last week to further strengthen relationships in Shanghai and Beijing. Peter Niven (pictured), Chief Executive of Guernsey Finance – the promotional agency for the Island’s finance industry internationally and Fiona Le Poidevin, Deputy Chief Executive, spent two days in Shanghai and three days in
Chinese buyers have continued to show their strength in 2011 despite ongoing global economic uncertainty, according to a new report from Robert W Baird & Co, a global investment bank with extensive experience in middle market, cross-border M&A and offices in Shanghai and Hong Kong. Baird’s latest twice-yearly China M&A
OSK International Investments Hong Kong Ltd, a subsidiary of OSK Holdings Berhad, one of Malaysia’s leading investment services firms, is to launch a new resource investment fund as part of a broad ranging initiative to boost the company’s presence in Hong Kong. The new fund, the OSK Resources Fund,
Ray LaSoya has joined US law firm Stroock & Stroock & Lavan as a Partner, with immediate effect. LaSoya will be resident in the firm’s Los Angeles office and will serve as the National Chair of Stroock’s Private Equity Practice Group. LaSoya has worked on a variety of complex corporate
Andy Miller (pictured) has joined the Highland Capital Partners as a General Partner. Based in Highland’s Menlo Park office, Miller will work to partner with the most promising mobile and technology companies in the Valley. Miller joins Highland from Apple Inc, where he reported directly to Steve Jobs and was
Tianyi Medical Private Equity Fund has led a RMB250 million investment round in Asymchem Laboratories (Tianjin) Co, Ltd. (Asymchem). Tianyi Medical Private Equity Fund, a joint venture of Infinity Group and Tianjin Venture Capital (TJVC), focuses on investments in the biomedical industry. Tianyi Medical Private Equity Fund and TJVC co-invested
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