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Bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S., Canadian and Asian companies. The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.


Centerbridge completes tender offer to buy PF Chang's

Centerbridge Partners, which previously extended its offer to buy P.F. Chang's China Bistro Inc three times, said 83.7 percent of the restaurant chain's shares had been tendered when the offer expired

Australian PE fund Champ raises A$475 mln, above target

Australian private equity firm Champ Ventures said on Monday it had raised A$475 million ($487 million) for its seventh and largest fund so far, above its target close of A$450 million.

BofA, Goldman among beneficiaries of Malaysia deal boom

In an otherwise dismal year for Asia's investment banking industry, a ray of hope has appeared from the most unlikely of places: Malaysia.


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A sleepy fishing village just three decades ago, the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen last year hosted more IPOs than New York, Hong Kong and London combined.
Australia's No.2 department store chain David Jones (DJS.AX) said on Friday it had received an unsolicited $1.65 billion bid from a consortium led by Britain's EB Private Equity.
Private equity firm 3i is axing more than a third of its staff and closing offices from Barcelona to Shanghai.
bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, Canadian, U.S. and Asian companies. The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, Canadian, U.
Nestle (NESN.VX), the world's biggest food group, has been talking to banks about raising a new 7 billion euro ($8.7 billion) syndicated loan to help fund its $11.85 billion takeover of Pfizer Nutrition,
Two Italian private equity funds said on Wednesday they would be tabling a renewed offer for insurer Fondiaria-SAI (FOSA.MI)
Speakers at the conference said renewable energy projects were too bound by red tape to be an attractive destination for the huge sums which private equity firms allocate.
East Capital Explorer is expected to receive in total EUR 7.3m from the East Capital Power Utilities Fund in the coming days.
Institutional Venture Partners said it had raised a $1 billion fund. Institutional Venture Partners said it had raised a $1 billion fund, IVP XIV, underscoring the ability of a small group of venture firms to raise outsize funds amid a broader environment of lackluster returns.
British lender HSBC raised about $430 million after selling its holdings in India's Axis Bank and Yes Bank on Thursday.