BUZZ-Capita: Another bidder for asset management arm
** Outsourcer Capita shares touch highest since early October, up ~1%
** Australian finserv Link Group and three buyout funds are finalizing rival offers for Capita (LSE: CPI.L - news) 's asset management services arm, a deal worth up to 800 mln pounds ($1.02 bln), sources told Reuters
** Other private equity fund GTCR and European rival CVC (Taiwan OTC: 4744.TWO - news) Capital Partners are among a group of three buyout funds which are competing with Link Group
** Capita, last year, hired Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS-PB - news) to launch an auction process for its unit, Capita Asset Services, to raise cash and return to growth after a string of profit warnings
** Another source named European buyout fund BC Partners as the fourth bidder involved in the process (rahul.b.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)