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London mayor: 'Don't kill the goose that lays the golden egg'

The AIFM Directive is among proposed regulations that may harm London's position as a financial centre, according to research that has Boris Johnson on the offensive.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

LA Fire and Police makes $10m cleantech bet

The pension is backing Angeleno Investors III, which is raising $250m for investments in alternative energy and clean technology.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

CIC to invest in US real estate

The Chinese sovereign wealth fund has held talks with BlackRock, Invesco and Lone Star as it looks to the US real estate market and distressed mortgage securities, according to the Wall Street Journal.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Neeraj Bharadwaj quits Apax for Accel India

Sandeep Naik and Shashank Singh will replace Neeraj Bharadwaj, as he ends a 10-year Apax career to join the US growth capital firm.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

GE sets up $250m global healthcare fund

The GE Healthymagination Fund will make investments in broad-based diagnostics, healthcare information technology and life sciences.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Ontario Teachers’ loses executive to media-focused firm

Beringer Capital has hired Josef Prosperi from Teachers’ Private Capital as well as Michael Sifton, a veteran media CEO.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Merrill Lynch $5bn Asia platform down to two

LaSalle Investment Management and ING Real Estate Investment Management remain on a whittled-down shortlist to buy the management of the Wall Street Bank’s Asian Real Estate opportunity Fund and its other Asian real estate holdings.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

UOB fund of funds nears $300m final close

The second Asian fund of funds being raised by Portfolio Advisors and Singapore's United Overseas Bank expects to hold a final close by the end of 2009.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Pacific Equity in A$415m green energy bid

Infratil-backed Energy Developments has rejected the private equity firm’s offer as too low, but said it will not impede a similar 'off-market' takeover bid.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Malaysia’s sovereign fund forms $2.5bn Saudi JV

The newly formed 1Malaysia Development Berhad has teamed up with Saudi-backed investment company PetroSaudi to co-invest in Malaysian projects.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

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