Aon acquires Townsend Group for £350m

Victoria Tichá
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Aon has announced it has acquired Townsend Group, a real estate investment management and advisory firm based in the US.

The $475m (£350m) deal was confirmed on 2 January. Aon, which currently manages more than £74bn of global assets and advises on £3.1trn global assets for more than 2,500 clients across 120 countrie...

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