JLL Acquires Kensington Capital Advisors and Frame Financial Systems
April 18, 2023
JLL (Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated) has wholly acquired Kensington Capital Advisors (KCA), a North Carolina–based derivatives and structured finance advisory firm, along with its Frame Financial Systems technology platform. The deal brings KCA and Frame's 23 employees into JLL's Capital Markets and JLL Technologies teams and adds a proprietary 'software with a service' debt portfolio reporting and analytics capability to JLL's CRE investor offerings.
- Buyers
- JLL (Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated)
- Targets
- Kensington Capital Advisors, Frame Financial Systems
- Industry
- Real Estate
- Location
- North Carolina, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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