Lazard Asset Management staff to get $240m

Current and former staff of Lazard Asset Management are receiving $240m (€162m) as the investment bank acquires the rest of the fund manager that it does not already own.

Investment banking boutique Lazard said in a statement it has received the required approvals for full ownership of Lazard Asset Management, which will come via the purchase of equity units.

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