01-07-2015 17:27 via news.yahoo.com

Buyout Firms Gatecrash £6bn Worldpay Float

A pack of giant investment firms are examining takeover bids for Worldpay, the UK-based payment processing group which is drawing up plans for a stock market listing valuing it at £6bn. Sky News has learnt that private equity groups including Blackstone, CVC and Hellman & Friedman (H&F) are in talks with Worldpay's owners about making offers that could derail a public listing. CVC is understood to be working with a major Canadian pension fund - said to be the Canada Pension Plan In
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