Affiliated Managers Group acquired Skyline Asset Management, a transaction completed in August 1995, structured as cash (terms not disclosed). The deal was a Equity-interest investment.
Skyline Asset Management operates in Small-cap value equity, is based in Chicago, IL. Skyline Asset Management is one of the mid-sized investment management firms in which AMG acquired an equity interest as a founding-era Affiliate (date of investment 1995-08, per AMG's FY2000 Form 10-K). AMG typically acquired a majority or substantial equity interest while the firm's principals retained meaningful ownership and full operating autonomy under AMG's succession-planning partnership structure. Individual deal terms were not disclosed.
Early execution of AMG's founding thesis - providing a succession and liquidity solution to founders of mid-sized boutiques while preserving their independence and aligning them through retained equity.
Advisory firms were not disclosed for this transaction.