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(Reuters) -Alternative asset manager Apollo Global Management will buy real estate firm Bridge Investment Group for about $1.5 billion in an all-stock deal, expanding its real estate offerings. Bridge stockholders and unit holders of its subsidiary will each receive 0.

Apollo Global Management Inc. has become one of the largest private-equity firms in the world by focusing on equity and debt investments as well as managing assets for the insurance sector. Compared with rival Blackstone Inc.

The deal for Bridge Investment Group will push Apollo’s real-estate assets under management to more than $110 billion.