Hartford Eyes $1.5B MF Unit Sale

Hartford Financial Services Group is planning to sell its mutual fund business.

Hartford Financial Services Group is planning to sell its mutual fund business, Bloomberg reports. The mutual fund unit, which has $104 billion in assets under management, is expected to fetch about $1.5 billion.

Hartford is in talks with rival asset management firms and private-equity investors for the proposed sale. Goldman Sachs and UBS have been appointed to advice Hartford on the sale.

Click here for the story from Bloomberg.