Newton Crypto has entered into a partnership with DVX Capital Markets, an affiliate of DV Trading and DV Chain, and the parent company of Independent Trading Group (ITG), a Canadian broker dealer regulated by the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of
Gottex Fund Management has reached agreement on the acquisition of a majority interest in Frontier Investment Management, a multi-asset investment management firm in the UK. Michael Azlen, founder and CEO/CIO of Frontier, will retain a substantial equity interest in
INTL FCStone has acquired IFCM Commodities, a provider of commodity price risk management solutions for base metals serving clients across Germany and continental Europe, in a deal which closed on 2 January. IFCM Commodities has been working closely with INTL FCStone’s
Options, a provider of cloud-enabled managed services to the global capital markets, has secured a significant growth investment from Abry Partners, a Boston-based sector focused private equity firm. The transaction will enable the firm’s executive team to significantly accelerate its growth strategy,
Learnlight, a global language, intercultural skills and soft skills training provider, has acquired Arenalingua, a leading German language training company, as part of its European expansion strategy. The acquisition, backed by Beech Tree Private Equity and Learnlight’s management team, follows
Fund administrator Apex Group (Apex) and Genstar Capital have jointly acquired Custom House, a global hedge fund administrator delivering services to alternative investment managers across Europe, Asia and the Americas. The acquisition adds a further USD24 billion in assets under
Picton Mahoney Asset Management (Picton Mahoney), has completed its previously announced acquisition of the investment fund management contracts of four hedge funds and alternative mutual funds from Vertex One Asset Management Inc. The acquisition increases Picton Mahoney’s total assets under management
iM Global Partner is to acquire a 20 per cent interest in Zadig Asset Management, an independent European equities specialist with USD1.8 billion AUM and 15 employees based in London and Luxembourg. Zadig Asset Management will be the sixth Partner to
Private equity funds managed by Blackstone – together with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and GIC – have completed the previously announced partnership transaction with Thomson Reuters for Thomson Reuters’ Financial & Risk (F&R) business. The Blackstone-led consortium now
Principal Global Investors is to acquire a 55 per cent stake in Liongate Capital Management (Liongate), a global alternative investment boutique based in London and New York focused on managing portfolios of hedge funds. Founded in 2003, Liongate has approximately
