Deals and Transactions

The shareholders of PLUS Markets Group have approved the sale of PLUS Stock Exchange to ICAP. ICAP will now work to complete the acquisition as soon as possible. »

KKR & Co is to acquire Prisma Capital Partners, a provider of customised hedge fund solutions. Financial terms for the transaction, which is expected to close in the fourth quarter 2012, have not been disclosed. »

The Board of Directors of Invista Real Estate Investment Management Holdings and the Board of Directors of Palmer Capital Investors (India) Limited have reached agreement on the terms of an offer whereby Palmer Capital will acquire the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Invista. »

Evergreen Pacific Partners (Evergreen) has acquired Thermal Dynamics, an Ontario, California-based supplier of advanced technology heat exchangers for the automotive, truck, motorcycles, and military equipment industries. »

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight has certified a Dow Jones Industrial Average Futures contract submitted by the Osaka Securities Exchange (OSE). »

Macquarie Investment Management (MIM) and Amundi, through Amundi Alternative Investments’ Managed Account Platform, has awarded an EUR80 million mandate to MIM’s Fixed Income and Currency team to trade G101 currencies actively. »

Dalton Strategic Partnership LLP (DSP) is closing two funds within its Melchior range of UK OEIC Funds. The move has been made in order to focus its efforts on a smaller number of funds. »

The British Columbia Securities Commission has settled with two men who admitted to participating in an alleged market manipulation involving a US over-the-counter issuer. »

Macquarie Group Ltd (Macquarie) is acquiring a 42.5% stake in sugar and ethanol advisory, supply chain management and trading firm C Czarnikow Ltd from Wilmar International Ltd, which will cease to be a shareholder. »

Man Group is to acquire London-based hedge fund research and investment specialist Financial Risk Management (FRM) in a deal worth up to USD82.8million. »