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The Carlyle Group (NYSE:CG): Current price $32.45

Carlyle and KKR & Co are among the firms to have made first round bids  to purchase a minority interest in Thai Life Insurance Co, in a deal that might be worth around $500 million, according to inside sources, who related that the Malaysian sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional Bhd has also made an offer, while the growth behind Asia’s insurance industry has charged dealmaking across the sector. Increasing personal income in Asia is enabling, for the first time in some instances, individuals and families to afford insurance, and the new demand has boosted stock prices and corporate valuations, resulting in a larger number of M&A transactions.

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