ECI has sold its portfolio company Clinisys to Montagu Private Equity. (Photo : Reuters)The image is the corporate logo of Montagu Private Equity. ECI Partners had sold off its healthcare IT portfolio company CliniSys to Montagu Private Equity.

The FCA orders trading bans on three Portuguese firms due to market volatility. (Photo : Reuters)The image is a worker sprucing up the UK regulator Financial Conduct Authority.

Shipbuilder Rongsheng shares were stopped from trading in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. (Photo : Reuters)The image is the Rongsheng Shipyard now under pressure.

A 2% increase of shareholdings was done by Bharti Airtel in the venture established with Qualcomm Inc.

Brazil increased bid price for Libra, the world's largest oil find from US$4.6 billion to US$7 billion.

MTV Italy, which is owned by Telecom Italia Media, was sold to Viacom International Media Networks for Eur 10 million.

Naftogaz is renegotiating its obligations with Gazprombank. (Photo : Reuters)The image is natural gas fuel burning in a stove. The national oil and gas company of Ukraine, Naftogaz, is undertaking negotiations to extend the demandable maturity date that it owes Gazprombank of Russia.

Ocapo Ltd received new round of investment for expansion purposes. (Photo : Reuters)The image is an man browsing online. In an announcement, Northzone said it led a GBP9.

A study conducted by S&P found that BBB- and higher investment grade companies own majority of debt.

Buyout firm TPG Capital is researching options for sale of Strauss Coffee shares. (Photo : Reuters)The image is the corporate logo of Strauss Coffee. The Strauss Group, the food maker and TPG Capital, the private equity firm, had undertaken reviews fo their options as to the possible sale of the 25% shareholdings of TPG in Strauss Coffee.

The UK Department of Business had appointed three firms as part of the preparations for the IPO of the Royal Mail Group.

OGX and its billionaire owner Eike Batista is recognized as the world's worst performing stock.

Quartzy receives US$4 million from its seed money. The free lab platform Quartzy recently announced that it was able to raise US$4 million in Series A financing.

Encore Capital purchases majority shareholdings in Janus Holdings, an indirect holdings company of Cabot Credit Management.

rollApp completes its Series A funding amounting to US$1 million. One of the fastest growing Silicon Valley based firms is rollApp. The start up is tasked to create an online service that allows users to run unmodified software on any device connected to the Internet.

After its rejection of the Amgen bid, Onyx is now fielding bids from Bayer and other pharmaceutical firms.

Brazil's CVM is investigating the put option of OGX initiated by its billionaire owner Eike Bautista.

Other firms such as Macquarie and General Electric provide support for the Kohlberg & Co. purchase of Steinway musical instruments.

Barclays may need to cut down on lending to comply with the Bank of England's leverage ratio requirements.

The US investors for the buyout of Gardner Denver's investors would be meeting in London and New York.

BoxCast's technology has become important, making one venture capital take notice and provide finances for its further development.

Compared to the first quarter, 21 IPOs were backed by venture capitalists amounting to US$717 billion.

American Realty Capital New York Recovery REIT buys property worth US$220.3 million from SL Green Realty Corp.

Morgan Stanley had raised US$770 million fund to participate in the secondary market investments. (Photo : REUTERS)Morgan Stanley will shift the way advisers in its wealth management business are paid next year, cutting bonuses tied to the amount of revenue they bring in and rewarding them instead for growing assets and loans.

Rainbow Chicken increases its shareholdings in Foodcorp to 88.1% through an additional purchase of 23.9% share.

Aqua America spends a little over US$12 million for seven different acquisitions for its portfolio.

Icahn was able to finalize US$5.2 billion in loan commitments as it continues on its quest to acquire Dell from privatization.

Rosneft head Igor Sechin denies any takeover plans for PKN Orlen of Poland and Bashneft of Russia. (Photo : Reuters)The image is the Russian signage for Rosneft.

Conergy, in order to keep afloat, forges agreement with Asian investor on loan assumption as well as equity investment.

Best Buy obtains high ratings as well as record share values because of the latest moves done under the aegis of CEO Joly.