{"id":117652,"date":"2021-07-03T19:43:32","date_gmt":"2021-07-03T19:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=117652"},"modified":"2021-07-03T19:43:32","modified_gmt":"2021-07-03T19:43:32","slug":"factbox-whos-buying-britains-morrisons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/markets\/factbox-whos-buying-britains-morrisons\/","title":{"rendered":"Factbox: Who's buying Britain's Morrisons?"},"content":{"rendered":"
LONDON (Reuters) – Morrisons, Britain\u2019s fourth-biggest supermarket group after Tesco, Sainsbury\u2019s and Asda, has agreed a 6.3 billion pound ($8.7 billion) takeover by a trio of investment groups led by Fortress Investment Group.<\/p> Following are some details about the buyers of the 122-year-old Bradford, northern England, based grocer:<\/p>\n Fortress is an independently-operated global investment manager subsidiary of Japan\u2019s SoftBank Group Corp. As of March 31, it had about $53 billion in assets under management.<\/p>\n It bought British wine seller Majestic Wine for 95 million pounds in 2019 and has invested in the grocery sector in the United States – in Albertsons, A&P and Fresh and Easy (which used to be owned by Tesco).<\/p>\n CPP Investments invests the funds transferred to it by the Canada Pension Plan.<\/p>\n As of March 31 2021, it had about 287 billion pounds of assets under management, of which about 13.6 billion is invested in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n KREI is part of Koch Industries, one of the largest privately held businesses in the United States.<\/p>\n Since 2003, Koch companies have invested nearly $133 billion.<\/p>\n It has a presence in more than 70 countries, employing 122,000 people worldwide.<\/p>\n ($1 = 0.7235 pounds)<\/p>\nFORTRESS INVESTMENT GROUP<\/h2>\n
CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD (CPP INVESTMENTS)<\/h2>\n
KOCH REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS (KREI)<\/h2>\n