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Varde, Birla Group create $1bn venture for stressed assets

Bloomberg US-based investment firm Varde Partners Inc. and Indian financial services provider Aditya Birla Capital Ltd. are creating a joint venture to invest in “stressed and distressed” assets in India. Birla Capital’s shares rose. Minneapolis-based Varde will take a 50 percent stake in Birla Capital’s asset reconstruction business for 980 million rupees ($13.9 million), the Indian firm said in a ...

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Tencent-dip buyers question elusive rally

Bloomberg Tencent Holdings Ltd.’s equity bulls keep facing so many setbacks these days that you wonder when its loyal shareholders will cave. For them, it’s becoming all too familiar: the shares slump on some negative news and analysts rush to say buy, calling it an excellent time to load up on a stock that’s long been among Hong Kong’s most ...

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Vertex’s medicine to be subsidised in Australia

Bloomberg Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s cystic fibrosis medicine Orkambi will be subsidized by the Australian government from next month. The medicine will be available on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme from October 1 for all patients over the age of six who have the most common form of cystic fibrosis, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said in a statement. “This will provide over ...

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