BMO Financial Group and Haywood Securities raised $83.6 million for Australian gold producer CGA Mining Ltd. in a private placement. Full Story

Smedvig Capital, Pelmer Securities, Sanders Morris Harris and others invested $21.1 million in a private placement of shares of oil and gas producer Endeavour International Corp. Full Story

Nevsun Resources, a Canadian mining company with operations in Eritrea, has raised $110 million through an un-brokered private placement of common shares. Full Story

Juniperhill Asset Management, a majority woman-owned firm controlled by Deborah Solomon and Jeff Haas, launched a fund to make private placement investments in U.S small cap and microcap companies. Full Story

Placement agent Jefferies & Co. hired David Bohn, formerly of Cowen & Co., to head its PIPE banking practice, a Jefferies spokesman said. Full Story

Downsview Capital, Millennium Management, and Rodman & Renshaw agreed to invest a total of $10 million in a registered direct offering of common stock by Chinese auto-part maker SORL Auto Parts. Full Story

Fletcher International, an affiliate of Fletcher Asset Management, agreed to buy $5 million in convertible preferred stock of Raser Technologies, a geothermal energy technology company. Full Story

Yorkville Advisors, the fund management firm run by Mark Angelo, said in an e-mail that its YA Global Investments (U.S.), LP and YA Offshore Global Investments Ltd. Full Story

Steven Tuch, the former head of private placements and PIPEs at Deutsche Bank Securities, has joined Cantor Fitzgerald, according to FINRA records. Full Story

Wellington West Capital Markets arranged a $37.6 million registered direct offering of shares and warrants for Canadian gold producer Rainy River Resources. Full Story