An online report on UK financial website This Is Money discussed the advantages of investors betting in venture capital trusts at the time when certain economic factors are in their favor.
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Salix Pharmaceuticals said to give rate proposal on Santarus acquisition loan
Bloomberg report said Salix Pharmaceuticals has proposed a rate for the USD 1.2 billion financing it will be getting for the purchase of Santarus Inc.
UK insurers plan to invest 25B pounds in infrastructure
British insurers plan to invest 25 billion pounds ($41 billion) in transport and energy projects over the next five years, the finance ministry said on Wednesday, a day before it presents a half-yearly economic update.
Square 1 Bank provides $4.5M loan to Chicago-based Sittercity
A USD 4.5 million credit facility was granted to Chicago-based online provider for in-home care Sittercity by Square 1 Bank, a bank that exclusively caters to the needs of entrepreneurs and the venture capital community.
DataSift obtains USD42 million in new funding led by Insight Venture Partners
The new Series C funding worth USD42 million received by DataSift, a social data platform for enterprises and brands, was said to be used for expansion in international markets and verticals, and strategic acquisitions.
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Friends and family of startups were found to be its biggest supporters, shelling out USD23,000 in a business on average, totaling USD60 billion in fresh capital annually, based from data collected by online crowdfunding platform Fundable.
An economics expert told Minnesota Public Radio News that the Blackstone Group's strategy to acquire private homes across the US was strategic as the latter was able to dominate and capitalize opportunities in a new market segment.
The Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association revealed statistics which indicated that private equity activity in the region had heated up following a soft period.
A recent report by Ernst & Young and Mergermarket projected increase in private equity activity in the oil and gas sectors, especially in emerging markets.
An unnamed private equity insider filed a complaint with the US Securities and Exchange Commission claiming that private equity firms KKR, TPG and Goldman benefited from the leveraged buyout of Texas-based utility TXU by acting as unlicensed brokers and collecting massive transaction fees in the process.
As the second-biggest mining company in the world, Rio Tinto Group, struggles against the drop in mineral prices, the company resolved to reduce its capital spending to around USD8 billion in 2015.
Columbus Nova, a New York-based multi-strategy investment firm, announced today that it will acquire a controlling interest in the CIFC.
German startup accelerator Rocket Internet raised USD112 million in new funding for online fashion retailers Zalora and The Iconic, making it the biggest single investment made for an e-commerce company in the Asian Pacific region.
China's biggest hydroelectric dam contractor Sinohydro Group Ltd. will be investing up to USD39.2 million in an hydroelectric project in Laos. The said company will also be investing USD724 million in a construction project in Shandong province.
