PARIS: French fund management company Amundi is to buy asset manager Pioneer from Italian bank UniCredit for 3.55 billion euros (US$3.75bil), and will finance the deal with a debt and equity issue.
The deal is one of various disposals being pursued by newly-appointed UniCredit chief executive Jean-Pierre Mustier (pic) to boost capital levels at the Italian lender, slim it down and make it easier to manage.
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