European Union lawmakers approved a draft law on Thursday making it easier to channel funds into start-up companies from next year.
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News and developments in Asia private equity from Reuters News for the week ending June 1. News and developments in Asia private equity from Reuters News for the week ending June 1.
Soros gets green light for Brazilian telecom buy
Billionaire investor George Soros has received regulatory approval to enter the Brazilian telecom fray.
Blackstone, M.Stanley to buy Lloyds Australia loans-sources
Private equity property funds run by Blackstone and Morgan Stanley have agreed to pay A$640 million ($621 million) to acquire a A$1.9 billion portfolio of distressed property loans in Australia.
Finmeccanica to sell Avio stake to state-led fund
Italy's Finmeccanica has agreed to sell its stake in aero-engine parts maker Avio to a state-controlled fund as it presses ahead with plans to sell around 1 billion euros ($1.
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US Airways Group and private equity firm TPG Capital may team up to bid for American Airlines' parent, AMR Corp.
Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) and Canada's Ontario Teachers Pension Plan are among final bidders to buy stakes in South Korea's unlisted Kyobo Life Insurance.
A leading Brazilian private-equity fund that controls local electricity utility Equatorial Energia is considering bidding for debt-laden power distributor Celpa.
Emerging markets fund CVCI Private Equity and a co-investor advised by Thai Strategic Capital have bought a significant minority stake in Thai skincare company Wuttisak Clinic Inter Group Co Ltd.
Rothschild banking dynasty agreeing to buy a stake in the Rockefeller group's wealth and asset management business to get a long-sought foothold in the United States.
GP Investments sold Fogo de Chão Churrascaria Holdings for $400 million to U.S. buyout firm Thomas H. Lee Partners.
The head of Actis' Singapore office, Gary Addison, has left the emerging markets private equity firm after four and a half years
European pension funds plan to withdraw more money from stock markets to avoid rising volatility and almost 70 percent of firms with exposure to peripheral euro sovereign bonds plan even more reductions.
News and developments in Asia private equity from Reuters News for the week ending May 25. News and developments in Asia private equity from Reuters News for the week ending May 25.
