First bids for Australia's Transpacific waste unit due early Dec - Reuters

First-round bids are due in December for Transpacific Industries Group Ltd's New Zealand waste management unit, which is attracting interest from international private equity firms and trade bidders, writes Basis Point a Thomson Reuters publication. Suitors are said to include private equity giants Blackstone Group and Carlyle Group, as well as Japan's Orix and New Zealand infrastructure investor Infratil.

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