Singapore-based fund manager Duxton Asset Management purchased a 50% in seven cattle and sheep farms in Otago, New Zealand, and is looking for further investments in the country.

A report from the Financial News website said private equity companies were now looking for investments in fossil fuels prompted by large discoveries of shale gas in the US.

China's recent government CNY20 billion or USD3.3 billion bond sale recorded a 5.3% yield, which was the highest obtained by the mainland since selling debt since 2009.

The US Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission said bitcoins offer legitimate financial services. The regulators said the digital currency offered various benefits and risks.

Vietnam-based Ho Chi Minh City Housing Development Commercial Joint-Stock Bank (HDBank) revealed an on-going discussion with three Japanese firms about the sale of 30% of its stake.

TrimTabs Investment Research revealed that investors had poured an estimated USD 34.1 billion in equity mutual funds and exchange traded funds in the four weeks ending November 13.

Private equity company RRJ Capital said it has already began to market its Asian real estate fund which will focus on China. RRJ Capital is looking to raise USD 1 billion for the fund.

Yuan Zhide, a Shanghai Venture Capital Senior Executive, said the Chinese central government's ban on initial public offerings needed to be removed if the country's venture capital industry is to be revived.

Private equity firm Boyu Capital has experienced the pressure that the delay in the long-awaited initial public offering of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has caused.

Spain's largest media firm Promotora de Informaciones or Prisa was close to reaching a refinancing agreement with its creditors for its EUR more than 3 billion debt, sources told Bloomberg.