Bank of New York takes 80% of Alcentra

Tuesday 18 October 2005 at 16:00

The Bank of New York has agreed to buy an 80% stake in the Anglo-US asset manager Alcentra.

Alcentra runs 15 investment funds investing mainly in high-yield debt from offices in London and Los Angeles and has over $6.2bn (€5.1bn) in assets under management.