** Shares of GCP Asset Backed Income Fund GABIG.L rises
11% to 63.8p in early trading
** Stock among top pct gainer across London bourse
** GCP Infrastructure Investments GCPI.L says it struck a
deal to acquire assets of GCP Asset Backed Income Fund (GABI)
** GCP Infra also in talks with RM Infrastructure Income
RMII.L about a potential combination
** GCPI has committed to use 200 mln pounds ($254.08 mln) of
cash to bring down debt and return capital to investors via
share buy-backs as part of the GABI deal
** GABIG's shares down ~32% YTD, as of last close
($1 = 0.7872 pounds)
(Reporting by Anchal Rana in Bengaluru)
((Anchal.Rana@thomsonreuters.com; +91 9915609050;))