EQT Faces French Headaches With Colisee and Cerba in Trouble
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Welcome to The Brink. We're Edward Clark and Constantine Courcoulas, reporters in London, where we've been looking at Swedish private equity firm EQT's healthcare bets. We've also got news on 23andMe, Plenty Unlimited and Kaisa. Follow this link to subscribe. Send us feedback and tips at debtnews@bloomberg.net.
EQT just celebrated a big win in Asia, but the Swedish private equity firm is dealing with some troubles closer to home.
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