Bidders will have a month to conduct due diligence before submitting actual bids.

It now has two months to conduct due diligence and complete the paperwork.

Bidders will likely have three weeks to conduct due diligence.

Vanke has appointed intermediaries to conduct due diligence, it added.

The number of funds able to conduct due diligence and write large cheques is limited.

Another coal miner Whitehaven Coal WHC.AX has also invited interested bidders to conduct due diligence.

But Kotz said it failed to conduct due diligence on his investment portfolio, a missed opportunity.

ZZ Capital HAS hired Haitong International Capital as financial adviser to conduct due diligence of Alerian.

It is taking time to allocate money because civil servants want to conduct due diligence, he says.

Potential bidders are expected to conduct due diligence into the summer, possibly within the next two months.

TPG said it welcomed the opportunity to conduct due diligence and declined to comment on the Hellman bid.

Dutch bank Rabobank is expected to conduct due diligence of the State-owned ACCBank, which is on the market.

David Jones said it would conduct due diligence on Myer if discussions progressed, requiring the Melbourne-based company's cooperation.

Healthscope said that all three bidders will be permitted to conduct due diligence on the company's financial records.

Another coal miner Whitehaven Coal WHC.AX has also invited interested bidders to conduct due diligence on the company.

Last month, Burj Bank said it had shortlisted three financial institutions to conduct due diligence on a non-exclusive basis.