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Update: Cinven OKs $3.81 Billion Sale of Life Aggregator Viridium to Consortium

(Updates with comment from Viridium Group in seventh paragraph) A consortium including Allianz SE, BlackRock and Japan's T&D Holdings will acquire German life insurance consolidator Viridium Group . . .

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