FAB Partners, a global alternative investment platform, has completed the acquisition of a majority stake in Halkin Asset Management, a London-based alternative asset manager. The combined company will be rebranded as Centricus and will continue to target returns across
Institutional trading network Liquidnet has acquired OTAS Technologies – an analytics platform that delivers actionable market intelligence and context directly to institutional traders and portfolio managers. OTAS’s analytics and market insight, combined with Liquidnet’s Virtual High Touch decision-support trading
Addepar has acquired AltX, an intelligence platform for the alternative investments market. The acquisition deepens Addepar’s capabilities in alternative investments – which comprise USD120 billion of the USD600-plus billion of assets on Addepar’s platform. With AltX, Addepar advances
Nasdaq is to acquire Chi-X Canada, an Alternative Trading System for Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and TSX Venture Securities, from Chi-X Global. The acquisition will provide Nasdaq with direct access to the Canadian equities market. The deal is expected
Algomi, a network company providing information-matching solutions for the optimisation of fixed income liquidity, is to acquire and distribute the ALFA product created and developed by AllianceBernstein (AB). ALFA (Automated Liquidity Filtering & Analytics) was developed as an in-house liquidity
Vistra, a corporate service provider of international incorporations, trust, fiduciary, private office and fund administration services, has acquired the compliance division of Foster Raffan, a boutique chartered accounting firm based in Sydney, Australia. Commencing business under the current owners
ACA Compliance Group is expanding its GIPS verification and performance practice, ACA Performance Services, with the acquisition of Ashland Partners’ GIPS verification and performance practice. The transaction is expected to close in June 2017. The financial terms of the transaction
Institutional and private client service provider JTC has acquired Arcange REIM in Luxembourg, enabling it to launch a new AIFM management company (ManCo) business as it continues to enhance its range of European alternative fund services. The acquisition of Arcange
Apex Fund Services has agreed a recapitalisation deal with middle-market private equity firm Genstar Capital and is also to acquire Equinoxe Alternative Investment Services. Headquartered in Bermuda, Apex was founded in 2003 by Peter Hughes (pictured) and today provides back
HTG Capital Partners is to acquire the introducing broker, money management and proprietary trading businesses of Kottke Associates. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter, subject to the completion of certain closing conditions. Chris Hehmeyer, manager
