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LONDON Anglo-South African financial conglomerate Old Mutual said stock market turmoil may delay the planned initial public offering of its US fund management business next year.
"It is quite clear that the markets are not good. It's looking more and more likely that the IPO may not happen by the end of 2012
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"We don't feel any pressure to rush the IPO
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Global stock markets have slumped in the past five days, with the FTSEurofirst 300 share index down nearly 11 percent this week, on mounting fears of another U.S. recession and on worries about the creditworthiness of Spain and Italy.
Roberts was speaking after Old Mutual reported a better-than-expected 15 percent increase in its first-half profit, helped by cost cuts and strong growth at Nedbank
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He said Old Mutual
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"I'm in no rush. We're quite happy to have that for quite some time to come," he told Reuters Insider Television.
The proposed Nedbank sale and IPO of the U.S. asset management business are part of a strategic overhaul launched last year aimed at simplifying Old Mutual's complex structure while paying off 1.5 billion pounds of debt by the end of next year. Continued...