** Shares of Australia's AUB Group AUB.AX have lost 14.9% so far this week, and set for their biggest weekly slump since late March 2020, if current trend holds
** The insurance broking firm said on Monday that a consortium, including Swedish private equity co EQT EQTAB.ST and CVC Asia Pacific, has informed that it will not proceed with a binding proposal at a price of A$45.00 per share
** The offer valued the insurance broker at A$5.25 billion ($3.47 billion)
** In October, company granted exclusive access to its books to EQT after receiving buyout offer
** AUB falls 0.8% on the day; YTD up 1.6%
($1 = 1.5124 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by Keshav Singh Chundawat in Bengaluru)
((Keshav.singhchundawat@thomsonreuters.com))
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