An unnamed official from South Korea's S-Oil Corp said Saudi Arabian Oil Co or Saudi Aramco, the largest crude exporter in the world, will be buying a $2 billion stake in S-Oil, Bloomberg reported.
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Marubeni Crop buys power plant in Tokyo, eyes more Japan production
Japanese trading house Marubeni Corp announced on Friday that it had bought a 100-megawatt (MW) gas power facility in Tokyo and is also planning to add further 200 MW of local capacity in 2016.
CSOP Asset Management, Source launch first London-listed renminbi qualified foreign institutional investor exchange traded fund
The first renminbi qualified foreign institutional investor exchange traded fund or RQFII ETF listed in the London Stock Exchange was launched by Hong Kong-based CSOP Asset Management and London-based Source, Reuters reported.
Philippine firm Filinvest acquires idle GSIS property for PHP771M
Philippine-based real estate firm Filinvest Land Inc bought an idle property in Ortigas Center, Pasig City, from state-run Government Service Insurance System in a deal valued at PHP771.5 million.
Montagu, Rexam in advanced talks over sale of healthcare packaging unit
UK's Montagu Private Equity and Rexam have reportedly entered the advance stage of talks on the sale of the latter's healthcare packaging business. Rexam is selling its healthcare division in a deal that could value the asset at about £500 million.
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Illinois, US-based marketing technology company Ifbyphone raised $9 million in a Series D funding round led by growth equity firm River Cities Capital Funds to beef up its workforce.
Santander Consumer USA Holdings is seeking a valuation of as much as $8.4 billion in its initial public offering. The auto loan company owned by Spain's Banco Santander as well as private equity firms expects to raise $1.56 billion in the listing.
New Jersey, US-based business analytics firm raised $4.8 million in a funding round from Richard Braddock and Amarpreet Sawhney to create tools that help companies understand their customers.
Addison Capital portfolio company Gowanda Holdings said it had bought Los Angeles, California RF and microwave filters designer and maker TTE Inc for an undisclosed amount.
Stockholm-based private equity firm EQT Partners intends to list British food outlet operator SSP on the London Stock Exchange in June this year. The food outlet operator could be worth £2 billion ($3.3 billion).
San Francisco, US-based big data firm Radius raised $13 million in a funding round led by Formation8 Partners to spot great leads and improve workflows for salespeople.
Canadian juvenile products and bicycle company Dorel Industries Inc said it had signed a share purchase deal to acquire Israel-based baby products and developmental toy firm Tiny Love.
New York, US-based firm Apollo Global Management LLC announced on Thursday that it had raised $17.5 billion for the Apollo Investment Fund VIII, the largest private equity fund raised since the financial crisis.
Healogics Inc.,owned by private equity firm Metalmark Capital, is reportedly considering a sale that could value the wound care services provider at $1 billion. Goldman Sachs Group has been tapped to find a buyer.
