VENTURE CAPITAL POST

Under the leadership of its new CEO, Antonio Simoes, Legal & General is set to sell one of the biggest housebuilder companies, Cala Group. Rothschild will oversee the auction process to maximize shareholder value.

Lord Jacob Rothschild will leave behind a legacy of financial acumen, cultural contributions, and kindness to family, colleagues, and friends.

The International Monetary Fund's bailout program for Ukraine assumes Kiev will be able to get $15.4 billion from talks with its creditors, according to four sources familiar with the IMF's documents.

Spanish cable company Euskaltel has hired Rothschild as advisers to explore a potential partial listing on the stock exchange, business daily Expansion said on Saturday, citing sources close to the firm.

Private equity group Apax Partners is considering selling its stake in London-based foreign exchange firm Travelex in the form of a probable initial public offering (IPO), according to two sources.

Perth, Australia-based mining firm Mirabela Nickel Ltd secured a $45-million (A$50.7-million) loan from its note holders in an interim financing deal as the Rothschild Capital Funds looks for investors for the troubled miner.

The proposed sale of ParexGroup, the industrial mortars business of construction company Materis, has stalled after the highest bids only reached €800 million. Materis and its private equity backer Wendel earlier asked for €1 billion for Parex.

The private equity owner of Applus+ has picked Morgan Stanley and UBS to oversee a stock market listing of the Spanish industrial testing firm, a person familiar with the matter said.

British discount chain Poundland is preparing for a London listing that could give it a valuation of up to GBP800 million. US-based private equity firm Warburg Pincus, which controls Poundland, is looking to raise GBP200 million to GBP300 million in the initial public offering.

Dubai-based pay-TV network OSN, which is planning an initial public offering, is worth about $4.3 billion post its recent acquisition of Pehla Media & Entertainment, brokerage Arqaam Capital said in a research note.

In a recommendatory report, Rothschild said it would be best to have the bank's bad debts placed in an internal bad bank instead of breaking up the bank.

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne is planning whether toxic assets of RBS would be put into a bad bank.

Rothschild to be named as the adviser for the Royal Bank of Scotland split.

According to sources, Numericable hired Rothschild to work on a Eur5 billion Paris Stock Market debut within the year.

Bankers are arranging debt packages of up to $500 million to back private equity firm Electra's potential sale of Allflex