ACA Compliance Group (ACA) is to acquire Cordium, a provider of governance, risk and compliance (GRC) services. The financial terms of the transaction, which is expected to close this summer, subject to regulatory approvals, have not been disclosed. The complementary
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is to acquire the Chicago Stock Exchange (CHX), a full-service stock exchange, including trading, data and corporate listings services. Financial terms of the transaction, which is expected to close in Q2 2018, subject to regulatory approval, have
Alternative asset manager EnTrustPermal has closed its Special Opportunities Fund IV with capital commitments of over USD1 billion. EnTrustPermal’s Special Opportunities Funds are dedicated exclusively to co-investments, which target high-conviction ideas that are catalyst-driven and/or designed to exploit market dislocations.
Cboe Global Markets is to migrate the Cboe Options Exchange to the company’s proprietary Bats technology on 7 October 2019. The planned migration of Cboe Options Exchange to Bats technology follows similar migrations for Cboe Futures Exchange (CFE) and C2
Heiwa Real Estate Co and Nomura Research Institute (NRI) are partnering to provide a fund hoteling service in the Kabuto-cho, Nihonbashi district in Tokyo providing start-up asset managers and foreign asset managers who want to operate in Japan with business
CME Group is to acquire NEX Group in a deal valued at USD5.4 billion. CME Group will pay GBP10 per share – a premium of around 3 per cent to the stock’s closing price on 28 March – consisting of
Alternative investments specialist Aquila Capita has launched a CTA UCITS compliant-fund that will be managed by its Systematic Trading Group. The AC-Adaptive Trends Fund (the ‘Fund’) combines various investment strategies such as momentum and carry with an innovative risk-balancing portfolio
Institutional investors now have more than USD2.00 trillion invested in hedge funds, and more than 5,250 institutions – 45 per cent of the total institutional investor universe – actively invest in the asset class, according to Preqin. A small proportion
Dallas, Texas-headquartered Esposito Securities is a US-registered broker dealer offering a wide range of services for the ETF industry as well as global equity trading and advanced options strategies. The firm is known for its ETF seeding program which lay
Abel Noser Holdings is acquiring Zeno Consulting Group, a provider of best execution analysis, regulatory and trade surveillance services. Zeno has over three decades of experience in helping asset owners manage and control equity, fixed income and FX trading
