Aberdeen completes 550m SWIP deal

For a price tag of £550m, Aberdeen Asset Management completed the acquisition of Scottish Widows Investment Partnerships (SWIP) infrastructure fund management business from Lloyds Banking Group.

Aberdeen completes 550m SWIP deal
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In a stock exchange announcement today, the asset manager said that the final deferred top-up payment to Lloyds had been reduced from £39.4m as announced on 1 April 2014, to £38.3 to reflect the completion of the infrastructure acquisition.
 
Gershon Cohen heads the team that oversees the £1.3bn in funds under management of the infrastructure business. 
 
Earlier in March, the Financial Conduct Authority granted approval to the deal. First speculations about a take-over were making the rounds in September last year when serial acquisitor Martin Gilbert, Aberdeen Asset Management’s chief executive, was said to be taking a look at SWIP, the investment arm of Lloyds Banking Group.
 
 

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