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Japan’s Takeda nears Russia, Mideast asset sale to PE firms
Takeda is also seeking to sell other over-the-counter and prescription-drug businesses in Latin America, Asia and western Europe.
Cinven, Abu Dhabi wealth fund team up to bid for KKR’s LGC Group
LGC could fetch more than $2 billion including debt in a sale.
Baring PE Asia in talks to buy XIO Group unit Lumenis for over $1b
XIO, a buyout firm with investment offices in HK and China, bought Lumenis for about $510 million in 2015.
China’s Hillhouse said to near deal to buy iconic Scotch brand Loch Lomond
A deal would give the business an equity value of $300 million to $400 million.
Blackstone considers minority investment in BC Partners
BC could use the potential cash injection to help develop existing businesses plus new strategies like real estate and credit.
EQT Partners said to add Goldman, Morgan Stanley as IPO banks
EQT is also considering selling a minority stake in the firm to a strategic investor as an alternative to the IPO.
Moonfare, which helps wealthy invest in PE funds, raises $28m for Asia push
The company -- whose investors include former KKR partner Henrik Kraft and ex-BC Partners chairman Jens Reidel -- raised the funds in three weeks.
Warburg Pincus said to have gathered $14b for flagship fund
The private equity firm could raise as much as $17 billion based on investor demand but will likely cap the pool at less than that.
Partners Group plans to raise up to $5.8b for its fourth buyout fund
Private equity firms are attracting record amounts of cash for new funds as a decade-old markets rally fuels returns and investor appetite for the ass
Blackstone said to mull sale of Thomson Reuters’ currency trading unit
Blackstone plans to review selling FXall after closing its purchase next month of a majority stake in Refinitiv, the new name of the division it’s i
