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A backstage equity money managed by the world's biggest organization capitalist is plotting the merchantability of a pensions bundle supplier it bought 4 years ago.
Sky News has learnt that BlackRock's Long Term Private Capital (LTPC) conveyance is moving with bankers connected the merchantability of Heywood, for which it paid astir £350m successful 2021.
City sources said that advisers astatine Evercore had been hired to enactment connected the deal.
A ceremonial merchantability process is expected to get underway successful the adjacent future.
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Heywood - antecedently known arsenic Aquila Heywood - was formed from the merger of 2 companies successful 2002, with the Aquila portion of the radical subsequently being sold to Equiniti, the stock registrar provider.
The institution was 1 of the archetypal bought by BlackRock's LTPC fund, which has besides made investments successful Authentic, the brand-owner which has a concern with Sir David Beckham's user goods stable.
BlackRock is the world's largest plus manager by far, with much than $11.5trn successful assets nether management, having been buoyed by a mates of large caller acquisitions.
Based successful Altrincham successful Cheshire, Heywood counts section authorities and backstage assemblage pension schemes among its clients.
The institution is tally by main enforcement Sian Jones.
Its valuation successful a imaginable merchantability was unclear connected Tuesday.
A BlackRock spokesperson declined to comment.
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