Scene set for rare Asian LBO as KKR wins race for OB

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Scene set for rare Asian LBO as KKR wins race for OB

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Asia's leveraged finance market is braced for a bumper buy-out financing after private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts emerged as the likely winner in the race for Korea's Oriental Brewery on Monday, helped by the backing of a group of international lenders.

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