VENTURE CAPITAL POST

Asia's richest man, Li Ka-shing made several investments in Europe which are now starting to pay off.

Alibaba's plans to go public makes IPO the biggest since FB.

Merrill Lynch offices in New York and Washington D.C. hired advisers from rival, Morgan Stanley.

Permira placed a bid for Cermaq.

EQT hired Morgan Stanley for the sale of Swedegas, a Swedish gas grid operator, for a deal valued at Eur500 million.

DriveCam, a California based firm that develops technology focusing in curbing driver errors was in discussion with banks for an initial public offering.

NanoString Technologies announced today the pricing of its initial public offering.

According to Morgan Stanley, it has received a clearance notice to acquire the remaining 35% stake in its joint wealth management firm.

Ji-Yeun Lee, the deputy head of investment banking for Morgan Stanley leaves the firm.

Morgan Stanley purchases Russian Mall for US$1.2 billion.

Forstmann Little is now deep into preparation for the sale of IMG, the sports and modelling agency.

A U.S. regulation that limits how much of its own capital a bank can put at risk is causing headaches for Morgan Stanley as it prepares to raise a new multi-billion-dollar global infrastructure fund.

The co-chief executive of Morgan Stanley's Asia operations said on Wednesday China IPO regulators should protect investors.

A consortium led by a Morgan Stanley (MS.N) infrastructure fund has made a second $150 million investment in unlisted Chinese hydropower company Zhaoheng Hydropower Holdings Ltd.

Mergers and acquisitions activity fell 25 percent worldwide in the first half of 2012 as global economic uncertainty reined in companies' expansion plans.