Ardian woos US and Asian money with buyout fund - Reuters

Private equity firm Ardian, which was recently spun off from French insurer AXA, has completed fundraising for a new 2.4 billion euro ($3.26 billion) buyout fund with fresh money from the United States and Asia, writes Reuters. Ardian said it had already committed 24 percent of the fund to six mid-market deals, writes Reuters.

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