Thai banking buyout could mean loss for TPG

Tuesday 24 June 2008 at 17:03

The Asian arm of US buyout group TPG Capital could make a loss on struggling lender BankThai after the bank received a takeover proposal from Malaysian rival CIMB Group.

CIMB agreed on June 20 to acquire 42% of the Thai bank from Thai central bank unit The Financial Institutions Development Fund for 5.9bn baht (€114m).