Malaysian state-backed Khazanah Nasional is currently pursuing talks with Turkish hospital group Acibadem in what could be a USD 500 million equity deal.

In anticipation of the second round of bidding for Poland’s Polkomtel mobile phone company, a shortlist of seven investor groups has been settled on. Orascom Telecom and America Movil, both of whom entered first round bids, were not included on the shortlist. Among those who did make it are Apax, KKR, Providence, Telenor, TeliaSonera, Polish [...]

The broadcasting assets of Dogan Yayin, Turkish media conglomerate, are attracting the interest of KKR and TPG. The two of the biggest US private equity businesses, together with Time Warner remained after the second round of bidding. Apax Partners and RTL dropped out of the auction earlier, as they considered the deal price too high. Bids [...]

VEM, the parent company of Ratiopharm, has directed Commerzbank and BNP Paribas to put together staple financing in support of potential Ratiopharm bidders. VEM put the German pharmaceutical producer on the auction block earlier this year in an attempt to raise capital to pay down debts. Ludwig Merckle would like to see Ratiopharm sold as [...]

The potential sale of Anheuser-Busch InBev’s Central and Eastern European brewing assets is heating up after five private equity firms expressed interest in looking at a possible deal. Although none of the private equity firms has made comments publicly, the group of five includes Cinven, CVC Capital Partners, KKR Private Equity, TPG Capital, and Warburg [...]