TATTON ASSET MANAGEMENT PURCHASES 50% STAKE IN 8AM GLOBAL LIMITED

Tatton Asset Management has entered into an agreement to acquire 50% of investment manager 8AM Global.

Tatton Asset Management offers on-platform only discretionary fund management, regulatory, compliance and business consulting services, as well as a whole of market mortgage provision, to Directly Authorised financial advisers across the UK.

The deal is for a total consideration of £7m that will see Tatton acquire half of the issued share capital, it also has an option to acquire a further 50% in due course, with the transaction still subject to regulatory approval.

8AM Global is an Investment Manager, whose main focus is on managed portfolio services (MPS) and a small range of multi-manager funds. It has £800m in assets under management, which will be added to Tatton’s existing client assets of £11.3bn.

CEO of Tatton Asset Management, Paul Hogarth said: “With a three-year target of £6bn of growth in AUM, at the end of the first year we remain on target to achieve this.

“This year we have grown organically by £1.7bn and acquisitions to date have contributed a further £600m, a total contribution of £2.3bn towards the target and on completion 8AM will further enhance this number.

“We look forward with confidence as we make further progress and continue to deliver against our strategic objectives.”

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