VENTURE CAPITAL POST

New York City Pension pledges US$ 500 million each to Apollo Global Management and CVC Capital

Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance announced that it has agreed with Thai Life to buy a 15% stake in the insurer, beating private equity firms KKR & Co, CVC Capital Partners, and Carlyle Group LP to the deal.

CVC Capital Partners raised Eur 10.5 billion for it most recent buyout fund,, which will be utilized for investments in North America and Europe.

Merlin Entertainments chose London over New York for its upcoming IPO.

CVC Capital had announced that it is dropping its EUR2.5 billion fund after difficulties.

CVC Capital Partners reaches hard cap on new investment fund.

CVC Capital Partners and Apax Partners LLP show promising results as one of the top buyout firms in Europe.

Belgian chemicals firm Taminco is considering a U.S. flotation after it abandoned plans to list in Brussels during the euro zone crisis.

Mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process

News and developments in Asia private equity from Reuters News for the week ending September 21.

Bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals.

Goldman Sachs and private equity firm CVC Capital Partners Ltd have proposed a debt-for-equity swap for CVC's Australian television network Nine.

News and developments in Asia private equity from Reuters News for the week ending Sept. 7.

Rabobank's asset management arm, Robeco, is expected to fetch more than 2 billion euros.

Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners faces a possible A$1.8 billion ($1.84 billion) loss on its investment in Australia's Nine television network.