Nikko AM to acquire rival DBS

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ASIA - Japan's Nikko Asset Management is strengthening its presence among institutional investors as it announced a deal to buy key parts of rival DBS Asset Management this morning.

It is its second acquisition of a mainly institutional asset management rival in the region in under a month. The $120bn Japanese asset manager, previously owned by Citi and since 2009 part-owne...

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