[1]Schroders Plc is in talks to acquire an almost 30 per cent stake in India's Axis Asset Management in a deal worth around Rs 1.3 billion, two newspapers reported on Wednesday citing unnamed sources.
A senior management team from the London-listed company, which manages assets worth around $290 billion, will visit Mumbai next week to finalise the deal with the mutual fund founded by Axis Bank, the Business Standard reported.
A spokesman for Axis or Schroders could not be reached by Reuters. The acquisition would allow Schroders to sell its products in India, and grant Axis access to the London-listed company's global network.
Schroders had applied to Indian regulators for permission to set up a mutual fund business and received a license last year, the Economic Times said.
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