A U.S. housing regulator has been investigating the activities of a small California not-for-profit that bought hundreds of foreclosed homes through a federally backed program intended to help local communities hurt by the housing bust, according to government documents reviewed by Reuters.
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Investor newsletter reveals Dalton Greater China Fund outperforms peers with 25% return
James Rosenwald III's Dalton Greater China Fund has outperformed peers with a 25% return this year. This was according to an investor newsletter seen by Bloomberg.
HarbourVest, Dubai firm tie-up for secondary private equity deals
HarbourVest Partners and Dubai-based private equity firm Lagoon Capital have teamed up to scout for secondary market private equity deals in the Middle East and North Africa.
Veenome secures USD 1M in funding
Veenome Inc, an Arlington, VA-based platform that translates video into data, has announced that it had secured USD 1 million in funding. The funding will be used to expand their team, which has been lean so far and at the same time, will be used to expand its business.
China's Qinhuangdao Port to bring in USD717 million in IPO
Chinese coal port operator Qinhuangdao Port Co. is seeking to raise up to USD717 million in a Hong Kong listing. The firm will be putting up for sale 829.9 million shares at HKD5.25 to HKD6.70 apiece.
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CEPT Systems GmbH, a Vienna, Austria-based text processing technology startup raises a total of EUR 1.5 million in seed funding. Backers of this round includes Reventon B.V and Zirngast GmbH (AT).
Multichannel, a US and Hong Kong-based full-automated ad management startup secures USD 3 million in seed funding. The platform is designed to be fully automated so that companies could focus on their ad campaigns instead of focusing on their dashboard.
President Michael Sata's drive to upgrade the country's rough roads, which often become impassable in the rainy season, is popular with many Zambians like Moyo. But foreign investors, who must partly fund such ambitious schemes, are less keen on his costly promises and very public dust-ups with business.
A group of 10 investors, including Norway's sovereign wealth fund and Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC, have together committed to buy about $1.1 billion into China Cinda Asset Management Corp as part of its Hong Kong IPO, people familiar with the matter said on Sunday.
With almost 150 plot bookings from MSME companies, Gujarat's plastic park at Dahej and Sanand are expected to attract around INR5000 crore worth of investment in India.
The fund formerly known as Genesis Angels supported startups like Sirim, StoreDot Ltd and other chosen, early-stage startups in Israel via a combined investment of USD34.5 million.
The US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware approved the USD280 million bid of KPS Capital Partners for Missouri-based bankrupt company Furniture Brands International.
Colorado-based building and battery startups Prescient, Boulder Ionics, and RoundPegg announced that they received funding from investors this week, which will be used for expansion and development.
TPG Capital believes there are still many opportunities can still be found in the cost-saving goal of the country's current health-care reform, as stated by a principal at the megafirm.
