Buyer scrum to pick off FirstGroup’s US divisions

Some of the world’s biggest buyout funds are circling FirstGroup’s American business as the top investor in the embattled bus and rail operator launches a fresh boardroom coup. The Sunday Telegraph has learnt Canary Wharf owner Brookfield, Apollo Global Management and KKR are among a slew of potential suitors for FirstStudent and FirstTransit. Sources said FirstGroup’s financial advisers had restarted a sales process in recent weeks and attracted significant private equity inte