Sagard buys into Olympia

Olympia Capital, a €3.1bn ($4bn) French fund of hedge funds manager, is to sell a share stake to Sagard, a Canadian private equity firm.

The investment would be the latest consolidation move in the fund of hedge funds industry, which is under pressure because investors have become less willing to pay the funds' high fees.

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