Top real estate investors listed on the EGX show slight gains as demand increase as a hedge against the upcoming inflation due to currency devaluation.

Private equity firm, Advent International, has opened an office in China, just like other big private equity firms The Carlyle Group CVC and Bain Capital.

Australian surfwear firm Billabong announced that it has entered into a 10-day exclusive takeover talks with its former head Paul Naude and private equity firm Sycamore Partners.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted new rules that require stock brokerages, mutual funds and investment advisers to establish programs to help detect identity theft.

The Canadian government has announced a government investment that allows Toronto-based startup ThoughtWire access to close to $2 million financing from southern Ontario angel investors to accelerate the development of its innovative software platform.

Cortland Fund Services has been chosen to provide fund administration services to four new private equity real estate funds managed by real estate management firm BainbridgeZKS.

Indian private equity investments decreased by a quarter in Q1 2013, according to the latest Quarterly Deal Report of VCCEdge.

Private equity firm Carlyle Group is the new owner of Central Plaza, an office building in Shanghai, China, acquiring it for $267 million from Forterra Trust, a Singapore-listed real estate fund.

The initial public offering of Taylor Morrison Home Corp, which is the latest for companies tied to the housing sector, has raised $628.3 million.

First Solar's shares jumped 45 percent with its announcement that it will acquire a new solar technology and that revenue in the next three years will be above Wall Street estimates.