By Amy-Jo Crowley, Andres Gonzalez and Charlie Conchie

LONDON (Reuters) -HPS Investment Partners is weighing a sale of British financial advice platform Nucleus Financial Platforms, four people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

The private credit group, which was acquired by BlackRock last year, has held talks with advisers about a possible sale of the Salisbury, south England-based company, said the people, who requested anonymity because the matter is confidential and cautioned that preparations were at an early stage.

A deal could value Nucleus at about 1.5 billion pounds ($2 billion), one of the sources said, based on how companies in its sector are valued and Nucleus’s recent growth.

Another of the sources said it was too early to discuss possible valuations and that potentia

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