【英语国际】百仕通将接管美银亚洲房地产基金

U.S. investment firm Blackstone Group is set to take over management of Bank of America Corp.'s Asian real-estate fund, a person familiar with the situation said.

Merrill Lynch & Co. raised $2.65 billion before it was bought by Bank of America Corp. in January 2009 and invested all of it in Asian property deals.

This is BofA ML's only property fund in Asia. The Charlotte, N.C., lender will keep its one-third stake in the portfolio of assets called the Asia Opportunities Fund.

BofA ML will remain as the general partner of the fund but will contract out management to Blackstone. The 60-strong staff of the fund will join Blackstone.

The amount that Blackstone will pay BofA ML for the right to collect management fees from investors in the fund hasn't been disclosed. The Financial Times reported on the management takeover in its Monday edition.

The deal is set to close by the end of September.

一名知情人士说，美国私募股权投资公司百仕通集团(Blackstone Group)即将接管美国银行(Bank of America Corp.)亚洲房地产基金的管理权。

美林公司(Merrill Lynch & Co.)在2009年1月被美国银行收购前募集了26.5亿美元资金，悉数投资于亚洲的房地产交易。

这是美银美林在亚洲唯一的房地产基金，名为“Asia Opportunities Fund”（亚洲机会基金）。总部位于美国北卡罗莱纳州夏洛特市的美银美林将保留其中三分之一的股份。

美银美林将继续担任该基金的普通合伙人，但将把基金的管理权外包给百仕通。基金的60多名员工将入职百仕通。

百仕通获得从基金投资人手中收取管理费的权利，它将为此而向美银美林付出多高的价格，目前还没有得到披露。《金融时报》(Financial Times)在其周一版报道了这起管理权的交接。

此笔交易预计将在9月底之前完成。