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BlackRock Wins $40 Billion Chunk of Lloyds Investment Pile
BlackRock wins mandate to manage $40 billion of assets for Lloyds Banking Group to win a slice of 109 billion pounds.
12 Oct 2018, 10:33 PM IST
(Bloomberg) -- BlackRock Inc. won a mandate to manage 30 billion pounds ($40 billion) of assets for Lloyds Banking Group Plc, the latest twist in a hotly contested battle to win a slice of 109 billion pounds that Schroders Plc is also vying for.
(Bloomberg) -- BlackRock Inc. won a mandate to manage 30 billion pounds ($40 billion) of assets for Lloyds Banking Group Plc, the latest twist in a hotly contested battle to win a slice of 109 billion pounds that Schroders Plc is also vying for.
Key Takeaways
- Statement from Lloyds suggests more collaboration to come with the world’s biggest money manager, whose products run the gamut from alternative investments to risk management systems for managing assets.
- Deal means the Scottish Widows assets that had been overseen by Aberdeen Asset Management will be handed over to more than one manager.
- Schroders had been considered the front-runner to win the mandate. It remains to be seen how the remainder of the assets will be distributed. Lloyds confirmed talks with Schroders in a deal that may include wealth management.
Digging Deeper
- BlackRock was selected after a competitive tender process, Lloyds says. Group is near to finalizing arrangements with respect to the remaining 80 billion pounds of assets.
- Lloyds decided to take the mandate away from Aberdeen after it merged with Standard Life Plc, citing competition concerns.
- Standard Life Aberdeen is still challenging Lloyds’ decision to cancel the contract in an arbitration tribunal. Lloyds said it expects that process to end early next year.
- While the $40 billion is a fraction of BlackRock’s massive $6.3 trillion under management, the rest of the mandate would represent a significant boost to Schroders, which oversaw about 447 billion pounds at the end of last year.
Market Reaction
- Schroders fell 4.1 percent to the lowest level since December 2016 on Thursday. The shares gained less than 1 percent Friday.
To contact the reporter on this story: Ross Larsen in Rome at rlarsen2@bloomberg.net
To contact the editors responsible for this story: Sree Vidya Bhaktavatsalam at sbhaktavatsa@bloomberg.net, Andrew Blackman, Geoffrey Smith
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