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ILIM absorbed into new UK asset manager as Great-West Lifeco creates Keyridge


By Natalie Tuck

The Canadian parent company of Irish Life Investment Managers (ILIM), Great-West Lifeco, has consolidated ILIM into a new UK-based asset management entity, Keyridge Asset Management.

The restructure also brings Setanta Asset Management and Canada Life Asset Management (CLAM) under the same umbrella, creating a combined business with more than £135bn in assets under management


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