Power Corporation Group of Companies Combines Interest in China Asset Management Co., Ltd. under IGM Financial
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In a separate transaction, IGM sold 15,200,662
"We look forward to continued participation in ChinaAMC through our ownership of IGM," said
For additional details on the transaction, please refer to the
[1] According to the terms of the transaction, the purchase price paid by Power was adjusted for ordinary course quarterly dividends on the
Power Financial, a wholly owned subsidiary of
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