Australian investment trust GPT Group has agreed to pay A$94 mln (EUR 70 mln) for the 50% it did not already own in UK peer Halverton Real Estate Investment Management. GPT already holds 50% of Halverton through a joint venture with Australian bank Babcock & Brown. Halverton has almost EUR 1.4 bn in assets under management and employs a total of 110 employees in nine European offices.

Australian investment trust GPT Group has agreed to pay A$94 mln (EUR 70 mln) for the 50% it did not already own in UK peer Halverton Real Estate Investment Management. GPT already holds 50% of Halverton through a joint venture with Australian bank Babcock & Brown. Halverton has almost EUR 1.4 bn in assets under management and employs a total of 110 employees in nine European offices.

GPT said it will also pay EUR 3.2 mln for Babcock & Brown's half share of a 60% stake in German property fund manager Hamburg Trust.