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Manulife to acquire London-based alternative credit manager CQS

The CQS credit platform has $13.5bn in assets under management

Tory donor Lord Michael Hintze will step back from the firm he founded in 1999
Tory donor Lord Michael Hintze will step back from the firm he founded in 1999 Photo: Bloomberg via Getty Images

Canada’s Manulife Investment Management is buying CQS, a London-based multi-sector alternative credit manager in an effort to boost its footprint in the private credit space.

The deal will allow Manulife to acquire the CQS credit platform, which has roughly $13.5bn in assets under management, and the CQS brand, according to a 15 November statement by the company.

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