FleetBoston Completes Acquisition of Liberty

FleetBoston Financial announced today that it has completed the process of acquiring the asset management units of Liberty Financial Companies. Last summer FleetBoston agreed to acquire those businesses for $900 million. The firm also assumed about $110 million in revolving debt.

The completed transaction adds $47 billion in assets under management to the company’s total assets, which now total at about $170 billion. Thirty-four percent of those assets are allocated in mutual funds, the company said. The company also offers institutional and high-net-worth accounts.

FleetBoston VP Brian Moynihan said the deal was intended to create "a balanced business which can compete in all segments, mutual funds, private wealth and institutional business."

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