Buyout firms circle $4.2 billion HK property firm
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Hong Kong property firm Chinese Estates Holdings Ltd.  is in talks with investors on a possible buyout of the firm, valued at more than US$4 billion, sending its shares up as much as 30 percent to a record high.
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Arts and crafts retailer Michaels  Stores Inc.  on Friday agreed to sell itself to two  private equity groups for more than &#36;6 billion in a deal that  attracted many of the world&#039;s biggest buyout firms.
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A private equity firm buys its medical-imaging division.
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The unit was sold for $10.3 billion to a group of private equity firms that will take an equal stake in the company.
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Beacon Capital Partners LLC, which had sold most of its Boston-area real estate, is jumping back in as a buyer despite record high prices for commercial properties, agreeing to acquire half of One Financial Center for a reported $390 million.
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NEW YORK/LONDON  - Aon Corp , one of the world's largest insurance brokers, said on Monday it has agreed to sell two units for about $2.75 billion and will use the proceeds to buy back shares.
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Brookfield Asset Management made a cash offer worth 4.2 billion Australian dollars ($3.55 billion) for Multiplex, a troubled developer and contractor.
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Management leads a $4.7 billion buyout bid. Are other bids on the way?
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A pullback in commercial property  lending has raised questions about whether a recent surge in  real estate investment trust buyouts signaled a peak for  private equity funds.
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Morgan Stanley has agreed to buy a real estate investor, the Investa Property Group of Australia, for 4.7 billion Australian dollars ($3.9 billion) in cash. Including debt, the offer values Australiaâs biggest publicly traded owner of office buildings at 6.6 billion Australian dollars. The bid is subject to an independent expertâs report confirming that the offer is in the best interests of shareholders.
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Equity Inns Inc. , which owns mid-market hotels, has agreed to be acquired by Goldman Sachs'  real estate fund, Whitehall, in a deal worth $2.2 billion, including assumed debt, the company said on Thursday.
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Ping An Insurance (Group) Co. Ltd.   2318.HK, China's second-largest life insurer, plans to sell   up to 1.15 billion A-shares worth an estimated US$4 billion   (2.17 billion pounds) to replenish its capital.
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Shares in Hong Kong were mostly higher Thursday as gains by mainland stocks outweighed losses in property issues. The Hang Seng Index added 16.
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Ping An Insurance (Group) Co. Ltd.  (2318.HK), China's second-largest life insurer, plans to sell  up to 1.15 billion A-shares worth an estimated US$4 billion  (2.17 billion pounds) to replenish its capital.
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Macerich Co., a US real estate investment trust that owns stakes in 63 regional malls, agreed to buy Wilmorite Properties Inc. and Wilmorite Holdings LP for about $2.33 billion to gain properties in the east of the country.
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Business & money: $4.4bn from Singapore's Temasek not enough to avoid sale of another big stake in the US Bank
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Singaporesâs PSA gained a much-sought foothhold in Hong Kong with an agreement to buy a stake in Asia Container Terminals, a port operator in the worldâs busiest container hub, from Sun Hung Kai Properties.