Asset management: RBC pays a full price for BlueBay

Canadian bank sees great potential to distribute credit investments; BlueBay’s founders hope clients will take comfort from RBC’s capital strength

Royal Bank of Canada last month launched a £963 million agreed offer to acquire BlueBay asset management, a leading European independent credit asset manager with $40 billion of assets under management. The Canadian bank clearly intends to secure the prize with a knockout bid. Not only is RBC offering cash to BlueBay shareholders, its bid comes at a 29% premium to the close the night before the agreed deal was announced and at a 57.7%

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