Mar 13, 2013 | East Asia, News
Reuters) – State-backed lender Development Bank of Japan launched on Tuesday a 150 billion yen ($1.56 billion) fund to invest in domestic companies. The fund, which could double in size, is aimed at boosting the competitiveness of Japanese industries, the bank...
Mar 12, 2013 | News, Western Europe
March 12 (Reuters) – U.S. private equity firm Centerbridge Partners is interested in the 315 UK branches being sold by state-backed Royal Bank of Scotland, a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
Mar 12, 2013 | News, Southeast Asia
HONG KONG, March 12 (Reuters) – Carlyle Group LP and KKR & Co LP are among the bidders to have made first round offers to buy a minority stake in Thai Life Insurance Co Ltd, in a deal said to be worth about $500 million, according to people close to the...
Mar 12, 2013 | News, North America
NEW YORK, March 11 (Reuters) – Hostess Brands Inc said Monday its snack-cake business would be sold to private equity firms Apollo Global Management LLC and C. Dean Metropoulos & Co after no other bids were received, negating the need for an auction. Apollo...
Mar 12, 2013 | News, North America
NEW YORK, March 11 (Reuters) – Yankee Candle Co Inc MDPRTC.UL, the largest scented candle company in the United States, is being prepared for a sale by its private equity owner, three people familiar with the matter said on Monday. The company, which was...
