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China Data Admitted to be Erroneous

The Head of the Statistics Department of the General Administration of Customs in Beijing admits providing incorrect and groundless data.


Egyptian Real Estate Investors Hedge Against Inflation

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.

Advent International Opens China Office

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.

Billabong and Sycamore in Exclusive Takeover Talks

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.


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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.
Activist investors are starting to earn the respect of U. S. institutional investors like mutual fund and state-run pension fund.
French media group Lagardere has raised $3 billion from the sale of its 7.4 percent stake in Europe’s top aircraft maker EADS.
According to information obtained, venture capital performance has been sub par in the past ten years.
The mystery lender who financed Thai billionaire Dhanin Chearavanont's $9.4 billion acquisition of HSBC's 15.6 stake in Ping An Insurance Group Co.,China's second largest insurer, had been named.
OTK Associates LLC, the largest shareholder of Morgans Hotel Group Co. is evaluating all legal rights and remedies over the Morgans' agreements with The Yucaipa Companies.