Barclays, CS line up behind TPC and Carlyle for Healthscope LBO

Private equity companies Texas Pacific Group and Carlyle have won the highly sought-after mandate for Healthscope, the Australian private healthcare provider. The A$1.99bn ($1.7bn, Eu1.3bn) buy-out is the biggest such acquisition in Australia since 2007 and will include debt financing of up to A$1.5bn.