UK's Alliance Trust and Witan to merge to create $6 billion fund firm

Reuters

26 June 2024 at 4:27 am·1-min read

LONDON (Reuters) - British investment trusts Alliance Trust and Witan have agreed to merge to create a company managing 5 billion pounds ($6.33 billion) of assets, in the latest example of consolidation in the fund management sector.

The newly formed Alliance Witan is expected to be eligible to join the FTSE 100 blue chip index, the companies said, adding that the deal would likely result in lower fees for customers and was expected to complete by the end of this year.

Shares in Witan were up 4.4% in early trading, while Alliance Trust was up 0.5%.

($1 = 0.7893 pounds)

(Reporting by Iain Withers; editing by Jason Neely)

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