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23-Jul-19 Malaysia's USD200 bn pension fund, Employees Provident Fund, is investing AUD70 mn in an Australian healthcare real-estate fund managed by developer Dexus. Employees Provident Fund's investment in Healthcare Wholesale Property Fund will enable it to acquire North Shore Health Hub. [image: Reuters / Nikkei Asian Review]
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14-May-19 Mahindra Logistics is scouting for acquisitions in Southeast Asia to strengthen its freight forwarding business. "This segment is just 5% of our total business," CEO Pirojshaw Sarkari said. The company aims to double its freight forwarding business.
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22-Apr-19 The wave of M&A in GCC financial services is needed to raise efficiencies and build the scale required to increase investments in financial technology, as payment solutions are increasingly enabled by fintech, according to Rishi Kapoor, co-CEO of Investcorp. [image: ADCB / Handout via Thomson Reuters Zawya]
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19-Mar-19 Columbia Pacific Management’s Asian hospital business has drawn interest from global PE players including KKR, CVC and Carlyle. If successful, the deal would be worth USD2 bn and be the biggest transaction in Southeast Asia’s hospital sector in nine years. [image: The Star]
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11-Mar-19 Alibaba Group will take a 14% stake in STO Express through a USD693 mn exchange for a 49% stake, making this the e-commerce giant's fourth significant investment in a Chinese courier company. [image: Reuters / Aly Song]
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