Jul 5, 2026 – 5.32pmNew York-headquartered investment firm Avenue Capital Group is in advanced discussions to acquire CapitaLand’s corporate lending unit in Australia, a business that holds exposures to several private equity-owned assets including Team Global Express and trucking business National Group.Anil Gorthy leads Avenue Capital’s Asia investment strategy. LinkedInSarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones.Kanika Sood is a journalist based in Sydney who writes for the Street Talk column.Emma Rapaport is a co-editor of the Street Talk column. Prior to that, she was a markets reporter at The Australian Financial Review.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?
New York-based giant closes in on CapitaLand’s Australian lending unit
It is understood Anil Gorthy, who joined the firm in 2014 and leads the Asia Pacific team out of Singapore, is spearheading the tilt.
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