The offer came days after Insignia notified the market that it was a takeover target of CC Capital Partners, a private investment firm founded and led by ex-Blackstone dealmaker Chinh Chu.

Insignia is receiving financial advice from Citigroup, Gresham Advisory Partners, and legal counsel from King & Wood Mallesons.

Private equity firm Bain Capital has boosted its buyout offer for ASX-listed wealth giant Insignia Financial to $2.9 billion, matching a competing approach for the 180-year-old company from CC Capital and escalating the year’s first bidding war.

By Rajasik Mukherjee (Reuters) -Shares of Australia's Insignia Financial hit a more than three-year high on Monday as a bidding war escalated, with private equity firm Bain Capital raising its offer to A$2.

Bain Capital and CC Capital compete for Insignia with offers as Insignia considers both bids. Analysts boost stock outlook.

Bain Capital has lobbed a sweetened $4.30 per share offer for Insignia Financial, matching rival CC Capital’s earlier bid as a tug of war for the wealth manager heats up.

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According to Morningstar, the new “fair value estimate” for Insignia is $3.95 per share, up from its previous number of $3.60, which Ler said reflected an “equal-weighted probability of Insignia being acquired by CC Capital or staying stand-alone”.