Lone Star Preferred Bidder for Lloyds Portfolio

U.S. private equity firm Lone Star is the preferred bidder for Lloyds Banking Group's 1 billion pounds ($1.6 billion) Project Royal portfolio of UK commercial property debt, Reuters wrote Wednesday. Lone Star's bid was backed by about 300 million pounds of senior debt from Royal Bank of Canada and Citigroup, Reuters reported.

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