Private equity seals $900m bank rescue

Blackstone, Carlyle, Centerbridge and WL Ross have joined forces with several co-investors – including UK charity The Wellcome Trust – to buy failed Florida-based BankUnited. The FDIC is currently evaluating 'the appropriate terms' to let more private equity firms acquire failed depository banks.

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