CVC AP, MBK may be in Korea Pru bid
Pan-regional private equity funds CVC Asia Pacific and MBK Partners reportedly may be among the four or five shortlisted bidders for Prudential Asset Management and Prudential Investment & Securities, the Korean units of Prudential Financial Inc. now being auctioned off for a probable $500 million.
Australia's Macquarie Group is also being cited as a possible buyer of the units, which Prudential ideally will seek to sell together, as well as a private equity arm of KB Financial Group, and Hanwha...
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