Private equity fund Carlyle Group (CG.O) is in talks with banks to refinance A$1.9 billion ($1.9 billion) in loans used to buy out Australian equipment hire company Coates Hire Ltd.
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EU mergers and takeovers (June 25)
Mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process:APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS-- Hon Hai to acquire a 46.
Permira moves a partner for tech, media and telcoms to Asia
European private equity fund Permira is moving its first global technology, media and telecoms (TMT) partner to Asia as it eyes higher investments in the region.
Asia Private Equity Weekly News, June 25, 2012
News and developments in Asia private equity from Reuters News for the week ending June 22. News and developments in Asia private equity from Reuters News for the week ending June 22.
Analysis: India poised to revive retail reform plan
Indan government quietly began preparing the ground for a new push to open up India's $450 billion retail sector to foreign firms.
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Commodities trader Louis Dreyfus is buying a smaller-than-anticipated slice of Malaysian palm oil firm Felda Global Ventures Holding's (FGVH.KL) $3.1 billion IPO but sealed a deal to market the company's palm oil.
China will open up its public utilities to private investment as part of the current privatisation drive to bolster economic growth.
KKR has reached a first close of $3 billion for its $6 billion Asian fund. KKR & Co LP is setting up its first deals team in Singapore as the U. S.
A Hong Kong investor will plough about 480 million pounds ($751 million) into a development in east London's Greenwich peninsula to take a majority stake in the 150-acre scheme.
News and developments in Asia private equity from Reuters News for the week ending June 15. News and developments in Asia private equity from Reuters News for the week ending June 15.
British buyout group Melrose Plc is in talks to buy German utility-meter maker Elster Group SE in a deal worth $2.3 billion.
China's National Social Security Fund (NSSF) saw its annual investment return tumble to 0.8 percent last year, from 4.2 percent in 2010.
Sovereign wealth fund Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA), money manager BlackRock Inc (BLK.N), and twenty other cornerstone investors will buy around 62 percent of Malaysian firm IHH Healthcare's up-to-$2 billion IPO.
EU antitrust regulators are expected to set out their objections to Universal Music Group's $1.9 billion bid for rival EMI's recorded music unit in the coming days.
