Advertisement
UK markets open in 5 hours 51 minutes
  • NIKKEI 225

    37,978.17
    -481.91 (-1.25%)
     
  • HANG SENG

    17,201.27
    +372.34 (+2.21%)
     
  • CRUDE OIL

    82.75
    -0.06 (-0.07%)
     
  • GOLD FUTURES

    2,331.00
    -7.40 (-0.32%)
     
  • DOW

    38,460.92
    -42.77 (-0.11%)
     
  • Bitcoin GBP

    51,845.90
    -1,772.90 (-3.31%)
     
  • CMC Crypto 200

    1,394.20
    -29.90 (-2.10%)
     
  • NASDAQ Composite

    15,712.75
    +16.11 (+0.10%)
     
  • UK FTSE All Share

    4,374.06
    -4.69 (-0.11%)
     

Asset manager Abrdn in talks to buy Interactive Investor for more than 1.5 billion stg- Sky News

(Reuters) - British asset manager Abrdn Plc is in advanced discussions to buy an online investment service Interactive Investor for more than 1.5 billion pounds ($2.02 billion), Sky News reported https://bit.ly/3bLPOq7 on Saturday.

Asset manager Abrdn confirmed that it is currently in discussions with J.C. Flowers & Co regarding a potential acquisition of Interactive Investor, the company said in an emailed statement.

There can be no certainty that the discussions will result in a transaction, the company added.

Last month, the company acquired a subscription-based investment tips service called Finimize, the report added.

($1 = 0.7414 pounds)

(Reporting by Sabahatjahan Contractor in Bengaluru and Carolyn Cohn, Editing by Ros Russell)