SYDNEY, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Australian logistics firm Qube
Holdings Ltd QUB.AX said on Friday it and partners had bought
a near 20 percent stake in freight firm Asciano Ltd AIO.AX ,
seeking to block a $6.5 billion bid from Canada's Brookfield
Asset Management BAMa.TO .
Confirming a Reuters report on Thursday, QUBE said it had
joined forces with Global Infrastructure Partners and Canada
Pension Plan Investment Board, aiming to split the assets of
Asciano.
Qube said it wanted to combine with Asciano's Patrick
Containers Terminal business, while GIP and CPPIB were
interested in Asciano's Pacific National rail business.