Australia: Healthscope launches LBO loan

The A$2.15bn (US$1.52bn) loan backing Canadian investment firm Brookfield Capital Partners’ A$4.18bn acquisition of Healthscope, Australia’s second largest private healthcare operator has been launched into senior syndication. At the beginning of February, Brookfield made an offer of A$2.50 per share to take over the group. It also launched an off-market takeover offer at A$2.40 per…