Schroders acquires Aarea for £18.8m
SCHRODERS has bought Aareal Asset Management in a bid to boost its international property offering for clients.
The fund management firm said it had paid £18.8m for the German based pan-European property manager. AAM has assets under management of around £1.3bn and manages seven property funds across European markets....
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