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Brookfield secures support for $2b Aveo takeover
Aveo Group's investors have voted to sell the company to Canadian investment firm Brookfield for $2 billion.
At a scheme meeting on Wednesday afternoon, it is understood 90 per of shareholder votes were cast in favour of the deal.
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