Exclusive: Blackstone in talks with Bain to sell $480 million stake in top Indian REIT

Blackstone is in talks to sell around half of its stake in India’s largest real estate investment trust Embassy Office Parks to private equity firm Bain Capital, two sources said, in a deal worth up to $480 million at current prices.
In the United States, the ‘pink sheets’ are being restructured as a securities regulator attempts to combat fraud!

If a new rule intended to wipe out fraud in this notoriously risky enclave goes into effect next week, up to 2,000 companies could disappear from retail investors’ long-favorite over-the-counter pink lists. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rule encourages investor disclosure by requiring OTC issuers, which are often small businesses that do not meet […]
Europe’s bourse share trading claims inaccurate, says industry body

The bulk of share trading in the European Union takes place on exchanges with relatively little inside banks, an industry body said on Tuesday in a bid to stop what it called bourses seeking to “perpetuate their dominance”.