For example , when the private equity firm tpg was marketing a multi-billion-dollar fund to invest in troubled us financial institutions , it first approached cic .
Mainland private equity firms , including the state-backed bohai fund , have recently approached carlyle to discuss a possible co - investment in xugong .
The us bank has approached sovereign wealth funds and other investors in the middle east and in asia , according to people familiar with the matter .
知情人士表示,美国银行已经接洽了中东和亚洲地区的主权财富基金和其他投资机构。
Microsoft is believed to have approached other news outlets to see whether they would also be interested in some form of revenue sharing deal in return for removing their content from google news .
Mr chen , who was unavailable for comment , is thought to have already approached other banking groups about acquiring parts of their private banking businesses , although no deals have been agreed .