In Briefs: Federated Buying 6 Funds from ARM

Federated Investments of Pittsburgh has agreed to buy six retail mutual funds from ARM Financial Group of Louisville, Ky.

Under terms of the deal, announced Tuesday, Federated would assume management of six equity, bond, and money-market funds, with $230 million in assets. The portfolios, known as the State Bond Group of Funds, are held mostly by investors in Minnesota, Iowa, and elsewhere in the Midwest and West.

"Federated will continue to search for alliances and acquisition opportunities that help us grow our business and meet the firm's strategic goals of increasing market share and assets under management," Federated president J. Christopher Donahue said in a statement.

The company, which manages or administers more than $90 billion in about 250 mutual funds, plans to merge the State Bond funds with its portfolios that have similar investment objectives.

ARM Financial, which specializes in the long-term savings and retirement markets, had about $6.6 billion in assets under management at the end of the second quarter.

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