Deutsche Börse Group Acquires General Atlantic's Remaining Stake in ISS STOXX

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) to Acquire MarketAxess Holdings for $5.7 Billion

August 2, 2026

Financial Services

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire MarketAxess Holdings for $167 per share in cash, valuing the transaction at about $5.7 billion on an enterprise-value basis. The combined fixed-income marketplace is designed to integrate electronic execution and market data with ICE’s broader retail and wealth trading franchise.

ISS Market Intelligence Acquires Family Office Access

February 7, 2026

Financial Services

ISS Market Intelligence (ISS MI), part of ISS STOXX GmbH, has acquired Family Office Access, a U.S.-based provider of family office intelligence and investor data. The acquisition integrates Family Office Access's database into ISS MI's MarketPro platform to expand coverage of family office profiles and strengthen go-to-market intelligence for clients across the wealth and financial services ecosystem.

KKR Acquires Remaining 37% of Global Atlantic

January 2, 2024

Insurance

KKR & Co. Inc. has closed its previously announced transaction to acquire the remaining 37% of The Global Atlantic Financial Group, bringing its ownership to 100%. Global Atlantic will remain led by its existing management team and operate under the Global Atlantic brand as a wholly‑owned subsidiary of KKR, enabling closer collaboration to realize identified synergies and expand capabilities across insurance and investment solutions.

Institutional Shareholder Services Acquires Discovery Data from Northlane Capital Partners

December 9, 2021

Data & Analytics

Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has acquired Discovery Data Holdings, a provider of market intelligence and data for the financial services industry, from Northlane Capital Partners. The deal brings Discovery Data into ISS Market Intelligence to expand ISS’s data, analytics, and market intelligence capabilities for asset managers, insurers, and fintechs.

Deutsche Börse Acquires Majority Stake in Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS)

November 17, 2020

Data & Analytics

Deutsche Börse AG will acquire an approximately 80% majority stake in Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), valuing ISS at USD 2,275 million for 100% of the business. Genstar Capital and current ISS management will retain about a 20% stake; the transaction strengthens Deutsche Börse's ESG data, analytics and governance capabilities and is expected to close subject to regulatory approvals.

Deutsche Börse Acquires Axioma and Partners with General Atlantic to Create Analytics and Index Business

April 9, 2019

Software

Deutsche Börse agreed to acquire Axioma for US$850 million and will combine Axioma with its STOXX and DAX index businesses into a new company valued alongside the index business at about €2.6 billion. General Atlantic will be a minority investor (investing ~US$715 million) in the new company; the combined business will be led by Axioma CEO Sebastian Ceria and is expected to capture synergies of ~€30 million.