TD Bank Group Acquires Headlands Tech Global Markets
March 23, 2021
Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD) has agreed to acquire Headlands Tech Global Markets, LLC, a Chicago-based quantitative fixed-income trading and market-making business. The 15-person team and proprietary electronic trading platform will join TD Securities to strengthen its electronic bond trading infrastructure across municipal and investment-grade corporate bonds; the deal is expected to close mid-2021 subject to regulatory approvals.
- Buyers
- TD Bank Group (Toronto-Dominion Bank)
- Targets
- Headlands Tech Global Markets, LLC
- Sellers
- Headlands Tech Holdings, LLC
- Industry
- Financial Services
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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