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KKR Lures New Specialists Ahead of Closing Its $6 Billion Pan-Asia Fund

The buyout firm has recruited two specialists in addition to its Japan team ahead of closing its new pan-Asia fund worth $6 billion


RBS Bailout Valued at Loss

UK government accepts loss for The UK government is keen on recovering the cost of bailing out the Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc. The pegged price is 19% lower than what the government had shelled out to RBS back in 2008.

Transocean Hires Ex-Seadrill CFO

Esa Ikaheimonen has been appointed as the new chief financial officer of Transocean Ltd., the largest offshore rig contractor in the world.

Blackstone's Exec Gets $213.3 million as Net Income Rose

Blackstone Group says its co-founder and chief executive officer Stephen Schwarzman obtained 2013.3 million in pay and cash dividends in 2013.


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Potential bidders are coming up with a deal to acquire assets of Anschutz Entertainment Group. Sports and retail estate company Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) is set to come up with a deal from potential bidders including Patrick Soon-Shiong, Guggenheim Partners LLC and Colony Capital LLC, according to people familiar with the matter.
Lenders in Spanish has been eyeing to acquire nationalized Catalunya Bank, which was bailed out last year amidst the crash of Spanish proper five years ago.
Best Buy Co. has rejected an offer for minority investment from past chairman Richard Schulze's private equity sponsors.
In its filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, BofA disclosed that the state of New York has been investigating how it acquire and underwrites home loans.
UBS research predicts effects of pension underfunding and corporate bond yields. In a research note, UBS is forecasting that US companies would be contributing at least US$70 billion into their corporate pension plans in 2013.
Goldman to sell debt in Chilean local market. The fifth largest US bank by assets, Goldman Sachs Group Inc, is planning to expand into the Chilean market with the sale of fifty year bonds in the local market.
Russia's richest man, Alisher Usmanov, is selling a stake worth 7.4% in the Internet group Mail.Ru.
Mediwatch and Genesis Medical have agree to dissolve their joint venture after they did not agree on several commercial aspects during their negotiations.
There is still no timetable agreed when to dispose the 82% stake of the government in Royal Bank of Scotland.
Scams on fraudulent private equities rob individuals of hard earned money. The city of Tianjin in China was rocked with controversy as thousands of retail investors claimed they were tricked by a group that offered illegal wealth management products.
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