Private equity firm KKR & Co LP said on Friday that income from carried interest and fees it charges for its assets fell year-on-year in the first quarter, resulting in a smaller dividend.

Carlyle Group LP ramped up efforts to market its shares to investors on Wednesday ahead of a planned initial public offering.

Europe's regulators are closing in on reform of "dark pools" stock trading, a move aimed at increasing transparency but which long-term investors fear will increase their trading costs.

BlackRock Inc and China Investment Corp will jointly launch an investment fund likely to be worth several billion U.S. dollars, the Financial Times said.

The University of California could be forced to disclose closely guarded information on the investment performance of venture capital funds managed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sequoia Capital.

Shares of Haitong Securities Co Ltd, China's second-biggest broker by assets, were little changed in its Hong Kong debut on Friday, as concerns over Europe's debt troubles dampened investor demand for new listings.

One of Canada's largest pension plans teamed up on Thursday with Japan's pension funds and some of its major conglomerates to help raise $20 billion for the world's largest infrastructure fund to invest in assets such as roads and airports.

Joe Rice, a founder of private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice LLC, is stepping down after 34 years at the company, according to a letter sent to investors.

New funding led by Baird Venture Partners to fuel triple-digit growth for the tag management and real-time data distribution provider.

SingleHop has completed its first-ever institutional financing, a $27.5 million round led by Battery Ventures.