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  • Assura: FTSE 250 firm rejects £1.5bn takeover approach

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    FTSE 250 healthcare real estate investment trust Assura has rejected a takeover offer worth more than £1.5m – the fourth such deal it has turned down in the last six months it has been revealed. The Altrincham-headquartered business hit the headlines at the end of last week when it emerged it had been approached by [...]

    Assura has rejected a takeover offer. Credit - Getty.
  • FTSE 250 Assura receives unsolicited takeover approach

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    Assura, the FTSE 250 healthcare real estate investment trust, has received an unsolicited takeover approach from private equity giant KKR and a major universities pension scheme. The Altrincham-headquartered company confirmed late on Friday that it had been contacted by KKR and USS Investment Management, which is representing Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS). The parties have until [...]

    Assura has received a takeover approach.
  • UK’s largest pension fund agrees £405m homes deal with Blackstone

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    The UK’s largest pension fund has acquired 3,000 homes from Blackstone for more than £400m. The Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) has snapped up the portfolio of shared ownership homes from affordable housing company, Sage. Sage is majority-owned by Blackstone alongside real estate investor Regis and was formed in 2017. The £405m deal is the first [...]

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  • Assura and Universities pension scheme ink deal to invest in NHS buildings

    May 21, 2024

    Assura has annocuned a new bumper partnership alongside its results for the year to the end of March 2024.

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