Healthscope: A healthy deal
The still-developing and much-covered privatization bid for Australian listed private healthcare provider Healthscope Ltd. by a consortium that now allegedly includes TPG, Carlyle and newcomer Blackstone is fast turning into a diagnostic test for the post-GFC recuperation of Asia Pacific buyouts.
Latest reports put the likely value of a successful deal at around A$1.8 billion ($1.5 billion), with the still-anonymous bidders signaling – in contrast to some analysts’ speculations – that they...
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