
GERMANY - Lonestar and Ripplewood still bidding for German bank IKB
According to reports, the three bidders still in the race for troubled German bank IKB, which is expected to fetch a purchase price of EUR 500m, include private equity firms Lonestar and Ripplewood. The third suitor is Swedish bank SEB, said to be the favourite in the process.
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