Bacterin International Holdings Inc has secured $4 million more in funding from OrbiMed and will be issuing 1.5 million shares of common stock to the investment firm as part of the deal, a statement about the funding said.

Hedge funds planning to participate in the bond offering of Puerto Rico are asking the commonwealth to raise enough capital to last for two years and give up its sovereign immunity, according to sources interviewed by Bloomberg.

Hutton Collins, a provider of preferred capital, will be investing €50 million in the form of a subordinated loan and minority equity interest in Dedalus Group, a healthcare IT systems company based in Italy.

To help it restructure its debt, retailer Brookstone Co has hired a financial adviser Jefferies Group and law firm K&L Gates, according to sources interviewed by Bloomberg.

Volusion was able to obtain a 35 million credit facility from Silicon Valley Bank, the first external funding the ecommerce firm received since it was established in 1999.

As demand for debt backed by commercial mortgages rise in recent months, yield-hungry investors are ready to make bets on loans packaged to non-traditional properties, the Financial Times reported.

Pimco Total Return Fund, the biggest bond fund in the world, increased its US government-related holdings in December to 45% from 37% in November, Reuters reported.

In an attempt to get their money back faster, creditors of Brazil-based Banco Cruzeiro do Sul, are looking for a debt-to-equity swap on an unsecured debt valued at 2.3 billion, Bloomberg reported.

Sources told Bloomberg that CT Corp, a diversified holding company based in Indonesia, has hired 13 lenders to market a syndicated loan worth $1.275 billion.

The data released in a report by the European Central Bank on Friday saw the hesitation of financial institutions in extending credit to households and businesses despite the economic recovery of the Euro Zone.