News and developments in Asia private equity from Reuters News for the week ending June 21. _0"> JUNE 21 DEUTSCHE BANK'S Asia-Pacific head of financial sponsors group, Peter Plakidis, has left the bank to set up a private investment group headquartered in Australia , after working with the German bank for nearly six years, sources told Reuters. A BIPARTISAN group of 15 U.S. senators urged the Obama administration to consider whether the proposed sale of Smithfield Foods Inc to the Chinese meat company Shuanghui International posed a threat to the U.S. food supply that could justify blocking the deal. U.S. ENERGY companies Hess Corp and Newfield Exploration Co have launched two separate auctions to sell part of their Asian oil and gas field stakes that have a combined value of about $3 billion, people familiar with the matter said. U.S. PRIVATE equity firm Blackstone Group LP and Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings are in separate talks to invest about $200 m