UPDATE 1-HKBN IPO priced at top of range as CVC, GIC, Carlyle raise $710 mln

HONG KONG, March 5 (Reuters) - Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners, a unit of Carlyle Group LP and Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC raised a combined $710 million after Hong Kong's second-largest broadband Internet provider, HKBN Ltd, priced its IPO at the top of expectations, people familiar with the deal said on Thursday.