Australian industrial property developer Goodman Group wants to enter the Brazilian market to tap strong demand for high-quality warehouses.

Private equity investor SVG Capital said on Friday the value of its assets had risen, driven by resilient sales and growing earnings across much of its portfolio.

Dai-ichi Life , Japan's largest listed life insurer, has struck a deal to buy an up to 20 percent stake in U.S. asset manager Janus Capital Group.

CKE Inc has postponed its initial public offering citing market conditions, the fast-food chain operator said in a statement. The private equity-backed company had told the U.

Private equity firm Patron Capital said it ended takeover talks with Goals Soccer Centres Plc and would not make an offer for the British operator of recreational football centres.

U.S. investors became major buyers of European commercial real estate in the first half of 2012. U. S. investors became major buyers of European commercial real estate in the first half of 2012, after years of being crowded out of that market, Real Capital Analytics reported on Wednesday.

Jeff Kindler, the former chief executive of Pfizer Inc, has joined venture capital firm Lux Capital as a partner.

Several private equity firms that have been approached to join in a buyout of Best Buy (BBY.N) are sitting on the fence

A group of investors that includes private equity fund Affinity Equity is buying a $1.1 billion stake in South Korea's unlisted Kyobo Life Insurance from Daewoo International Corp.

Pension funds and other institutional investors are now attacking the fees charged by the once-booming private equity industry.

Carlyle Group LP swung to a second-quarter loss as the value of its fund assets dropped. Carlyle Group LP (CG. O), the private equity firm that raised $671 million in an initial public offering in May, swung to a second-quarter loss as the value of its fund assets dropped, more than offsetting an increase in cash from fees.

Private equity firm Asia Alternatives said on Wednesday it has raised more than $1.5 billion in new funds to invest into fund managers across Asia.

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Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry (2317.TW) said it was in talks with Sharp Corp (6753.T) about buying a bigger stake in the struggling Japanese TV maker.

Best Buy Co Inc (BBY.N) founder Richard Schulze on Monday made a bid to take the struggling U.S. electronics retailer private just months after being forced out as chairman.

DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc (DWA.O) and its Chinese joint venture partners will open a theme park in Shanghai by 2016.

Nigeria's state-backed "bad bank" AMCON has appointed Citi and Renaissance Capital to determine the value of three lenders it nationalised last year before deciding on the best way to privatise them.

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Bankers are preparing debt packages to back a buyout of UK-based United Biscuits' salty snack business which is expected to go up for sale in September and fetch around 500 million pounds ($776 million).

An internal feud between rival parts of China's main arbitration body has seen its Shanghai and Shenzhen branches suspended

French engineering company Schneider Electric has received two offers in a second round of bidding for its U.S.-based sensors subsidiary.

Funds are increasingly moving away from their traditional exit route of listing mainland assets in stock markets.

Business process and technology services provider Genpact Ltd said U.S. private equity firm Bain Capital Partners will buy a 30 percent stake in the company from General Atlantic and Oak Hill Capital Partners.

Macquarie-owned broadcast transmission provider Arqiva is exploring options to refinance its 3.4 billion pounds ($5.3 billion) of debt raised when Macquarie acquired National Grid Wireless in 2007.

3i Group on Thursday announced a joint venture with U.S. fund manager WCAS Fraser Sullivan Investment Management to build a global debt management business.

AT&T Inc (T.N) is buying the equity of NextWave Wireless Inc (WAVE.PK) for up to $50 million and taking on $550 million of the company's debt .

The takeover of Canadian stock market operator TMX Group by a group of financial institutions has been approved by TMX's shareholders.

Australian clothing retailer Country Road will buy local rival Witchery Group in a $181 million deal.

Google Inc said on Tuesday it acquired marketing start-up Wildfire to help the world's largest Internet search company expand further into social media.

Lowe's Cos wants to spend C$1.8 billion to buy Canadian competitor Rona Inc,but the struggling Canadian retailer publicly rejected the offer on Tuesday.