M&A in the asset management space? Yes. Fire-sale distressed prices? Not necessarily.
| Jan 13th, 2010 | Filed under: Hedge Fund Industry Trends, Today's Post | By: AAA Staff |
A year ago, even a few months ago, talk of M&A activity in the asset management space was about how it was all but inevitable – that despite the market rebound and ongoing hopes for a return to normalcy, that getting back to where things were before 2008 happened was increasingly unlikely, and that in turn the only way out other than shutting down was to merge or get bought.
In other words, “rationalization” of the hedge fund industry was coming, something we too focused on not too long ago. More…
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