Private equity investments in energy offer rich pickings for investors willing to take a long-term view and capitalize on global trends.

European citizens, concerned about the deepening euro zone crisis, are flocking to New York to buy real estate as safe assets.

Asia's share of global private equity investments has doubled to 21 percent in the past four years, helped by last year's strong growth and that figure should continue to rise, a top McKinsey & Co executive told Reuters.

European Union lawmakers approved a draft law on Thursday making it easier to channel funds into start-up companies from next year.

Australian private equity returned 7.85 percent to investors in 2011. Australian private equity returned 7. 85 percent to investors in 2011, and on a three-year basis returns far outstripped the benchmark Australian stock index, industry data showed.

Clean Edge’s Third Annual State Clean Energy Index Provides Critical Benchmarking and Analysis of Dynamic U.S. Clean-Tech Landscape.

U.S. tax regulators are preparing for a potential tax hike on profits earned by private equity managers .

In a letter to publishers and editors, Warren Buffett said Berkshire Hathaway will probably purchase more newspapers in a few years.

Regional brokerage and investment bank Raymond James Financial on Wednesday said equity capital markets business in April continued to lag 2011 levels, and that markets in May so far remain challenging and volatile.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc plans to channel investments totaling $40 billion over the next decade into renewable energy projects.