Brookfield Courts Sovereign Funds to Join Grifols Takeover Bid

Brookfield Asset Management is in talks with several investment funds to join its bid to acquire Spanish blood-plasma company Grifols SA, according to people familiar with the matter.

Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund ADQ and Singaporean counterpart GIC Pte. are among the investors that Brookfield has held discussions with over a potential partnership, said the people, who asked not to be named because the matter isn’t public. No agreement has been reached with any of the funds, they said.