ANIMA, an independent asset management operator, completed the acquisition of an 80% stake in Castello, a company specialising in the promotion and management of alternative investment products, from Oaktree, an investment manager, for $63m. “I am proud of this operation, and I thank ANIMA’s top management and the CEO Alessandro Melzi d’Eril for the trust and the quality of the activity carried out together during the past months. This agreement, with a distinctive industrial value, sets the ground for the creation of a reference Italian player in the market of alternatives’ investments with the aim to create further value for all stakeholder and the Country. With the strength of our track record, which we make available to ANIMA, I am sure we can play together the role of aggregator for Alternative asset management companies," Giampiero Schiavo, Castello CEO.