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Rithm Completes Deal to Buy Hedge Fund Sculptor After Monthslong Drama

  • Weinstein loses out on quick, inexpensive way to grow his firm
  • CIO Jimmy Levin will get as much as $30 million in annual pay

Michael Nierenberg, Rithm Capital Corp. Chief Executive Officer.

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Rithm Capital Corp. finally completed a deal to buy struggling asset manager Sculptor Capital Management Inc., dashing the ambitions of a hedge fund founder and handing a 35% gain to shareholders.

Sculptor will be bought for about $720 million, or $12.70 a share, Rithm said in a statementBloomberg Terminal Friday, capping a monthslong fight punctuated by rival bids and litigation that failed to derail the deal but pushed the price ever higher.