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Brookfield to Partner With Elliott for Nielsen Take-Private Bid

  • A transaction could come together within the next week
  • Data provider Nielsen has a market value of $8.4 billion
Footpath signage for the Brookfield Place Sydney office building, owned and home to the Asia-Pacific headquarters of Brookfield Asset Management Inc., in Sydney, Australia, on Thursday, June 17, 2021.

Footpath signage for the Brookfield Place Sydney office building, owned and home to the Asia-Pacific headquarters of Brookfield Asset Management Inc., in Sydney, Australia, on Thursday, June 17, 2021.

Photographer: Lisa Maree Williams/Bloomberg
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Brookfield Asset Management Inc. is part of a consortium that’s in talks to take information services company Nielsen Holdings PLC private, according to people with knowledge of the matter. 

Brookfield is working with Elliott Investment Management on the potential leveraged buyout, said the people, who requested anonymity discussing private information. A transaction could come together within the next week, one of the people said.