The issue facing PE buyers globally at the moment is not the availability of equity as they are sitting on massive pools of capital ready to invest - it is getting the debt financing to make the returns work that is the difficult bit at the moment - and what will restrict the price they can offer for any asset incl. AIO.
This is the most likely reason why they can not make a bid for the whole of the Rio AEP business.
Make your own assumptions about what that means for likelihood of them making an offer at material premium to current price.
AIO Price at posting:
$1.12 Sentiment: Sell Disclosure: Not Held
