Lloyds Banking Group agreed on a sale of its loan asset portfolio from its BOS International Australia unit to Bain Capital's Sankaty Advisors.

Indian telecommunications firm Reliance Communications said that it had been talking with partners for a stake sale of one of its units.

Indonesia gathered IDR 12 trillion in its most recent bond offering, beating an initial target of IDR 8 trillion.

Regus suffered a 3% drop in first half profits as a result of the restructuring costs of its earlier acquisition.

Telekom Austria plans to raise EUR500 million to buy new frequencies and acquire companies. With the objective of purchasing new frequencies in a September auction and acquiring companies, Telekom Austria has planned to raise EUR500 million in fresh capital, the Der Standard reported.

Italian fashion company Trussardi said it would sell minority shares in the future if it needed to. Trussardi might offer a minority stake in the future to interested parties if it needed to.

London-focused real estate agent Foxtons said it would be selling new shares and company shares in its planned IPO to raise GBP 55 million.

As Amgen Inc's acquisition of Onyx Pharmeceuticals Inc comes to a close, Amgen Chief Executive Officer Robert Bradway is lauded for being a great dealmaker.

BBA Aviation confirmed reports that it is planning to merge with StandardAero and that it has already bought Maguire Aviation.

Niger plans to purchase Semafo's 80% stake in the Samira Hill mine in order to take full control of the project.