VENTURE CAPITAL POST

Miller/Howard High Income Equity Fund (HIE) Announces Changes to Investment Policies.

Intellisys will allocate 30 percent of Mainstreet Investment's funds toward investment in Bitcoin and blockchain-specific ventures. This will lend to the legitimization of blockchain technology, said Granger, while simultaneously introducing a new way of utilizing private equity.

Equity One Inc - as of September 30, 2016, fair value of its investment property was approximately $4.8 billion.

India is about to fund $3.56 billion of capital to govrnment-run lenders because of bad and restricted loans. Banks felt relief as the government is ready to help them when they need the capital.

Baltimore private equity firm Ecosystem Investment Partners (EIP) announced on Tuesday that they closed its third fund at $303 million, overriding its target of $200 million. With such amount of equity capital commitments, Monument Group Inc. is to serve again as exclusive placement agent.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) reported its best quarterly profit in five years on Thursday, notching up big gains from trading bonds and currencies as global markets fluctuated during the first three months of the year.

Wall street analysts may be inadequately accounting for the dollar’s sharp rise in the first quarter, setting up a scenario in which some multinationals may miss already low consensus estimates - and their shares sell off as a result.

Big U.S. banks, including JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) and Citigroup Inc (C.N), are expected to win Federal Reserve backing on Wednesday to buy back more shares and increase their dividends in the coming year, but the approvals may be as much about the institutions’ financial engineering as any improvement in their health.

Asian stocks got off to a steady start on Monday as soft U.S. data was partially offset by a weekend interest rate cut by China, while the dollar hit a five-week high against the euro.

Visa Inc (V.N), the world's largest credit and debit card company, said it might have to pay more than $10 billion to buy its London-based European licensee, Visa Europe Ltd, if its owners exercise their option to sell it.

A much-needed pruning of banks across the world could stifle lending and dampen economic recovery, the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday.

Chevron Corp (CVX.N) has been searching for up to $1.5 billion of equity investment to help develop its Duvernay shale formation assets in Canada and contacted potential investors including private equity firms, according to people familiar with the matter.

Feronia identified the private placement equity investors and the breakdowns as to their purchases.

JC Penney is now deep in plans to increase its cash reserves and financial well-being through loans and other means.

New and old investors provide USD65 million in equity investments to Kaiima Bio-Agritech.