Rabobank weighs bids for asset manager Robeco -sources

By Simon Meads and Jessica Toonkel

LONDON/NEW YORK, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Dutch bank Rabobank

is weighing three offers for its asset management arm Robeco as it has to choose between bids to split the 2 billion euro ($2.6 billion) plus business or keep it whole, people familiar with the situation said.

The Netherlands' largest retail bank received bids from a private equity consortium of Advent International and CVC , and a second from Japanese financial services group Orix for the whole of the asset management unit that spans Europe and United States.

It received a third bid from Boston-based asset manager AMG Inc , which in partnership with Permira plans to split the business up, the people said.

(Additional reporting by Sara Webb in Amsterdam; editing by Douwe Miedema)

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Keywords: RABOBANK/ROBECO