SoftBank Nears Sale of Fortress to Abu Dhabi Fund

​Investment manager would be sold at a loss to sovereign-wealth fund Mubadala

SoftBank purchased Fortress in 2017 for $3.3 billion. Photo: Akio Kon/Bloomberg News

SoftBank Group is close to a deal to sell U.S. investment manager Fortress Investment Group to Abu Dhabi-based sovereign-wealth fund Mubadala Investment for more than $2 billion, according to people ​familiar with the matter.

The deal, which hasn’t been finalized and could yet fall apart, would represent the latest disappointing investment for SoftBank​. ​The decline in value for ​Fortress​, which​ manages $46​ ​billion​, ​indicates it has fallen behind its rivals while it was owned by SoftBank. Bloomberg News earlier reported the deal talks and the Financial Times reported that a transaction may be close.

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