Tracked deals
11
11 tracked deals across 2021-2026.
Operating Company
Business Services
ACA Group
New York, New York, United States
ACA Group is the leading governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) advisor to the financial services industry, integrating expert advisory, managed services, distribution solutions, and regulatory/analytics technology through the ComplianceAlpha® platform.
- Focus Areas
- Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) advisory, Regulatory Technology (RegTech), Managed compliance services
- Website
- www.acaglobal.com
Recent pace
1
1 tracked deal announced in the last 12 months.
Deal mix
Buyout
10 buyout · 1 addon
ACA Group Acquisition Volume by Year
Last 5 years
Actual
Full-year estimate
Supporting Data
Recent Transactions
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March 11, 2026
- Buyer
- ACA Group
- Target
- FX Transparency
- Industry
- Financial Services
- Location
- Massachusetts, United States
- Type
- Buyout
ACA Group, a governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) advisor for financial services, announced it has acquired FX Transparency (FXT), a provider of foreign exchange transaction cost analysis and best execution analytics. The deal expands ACA’s transaction cost analysis capabilities in global foreign exchange and builds on ACA’s 2025 acquisition of Global Trading Analytics.
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April 14, 2025
- Buyer
- ACA Group
- Target
- Global Trading Analytics
- Industry
- Financial Services
- Location
- New Jersey, United States
- Type
- Buyout
ACA Group, a leading governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) advisor, has acquired Global Trading Analytics (GTA), an independent provider of transaction cost analysis (TCA) and best-execution services. The deal brings TCA capabilities into ACA’s ComplianceAlpha-driven offerings to expand regulatory technology and analytics capabilities for institutional clients.
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November 12, 2024
- Buyer
- ACA Group
- Target
- FINOP Consulting, LLC
- Industry
- Financial Services
- Location
- New Hampshire, United States
- Type
- Buyout
ACA Group has acquired FINOP Consulting, LLC, an outsourced financial operations (FinOp) firm for broker-dealers led by Dan Beaton. The acquisition enhances ACA's FinOps capabilities and integrates FINOP Consulting's services into ACA Signature to better serve broker-dealer clients under FINRA and SEC standards; financial terms were not disclosed.
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October 16, 2024
- Buyer
- ACA Group
- Target
- Effecta Compliance Group
- Industry
- Consulting
- Location
- England, United Kingdom
- Type
- Buyout
ACA Group has acquired the Effecta Compliance Group, a regulatory consultancy serving firms across the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates. The deal establishes ACA's presence in the Middle East (UAE) and expands its UK regulatory compliance capabilities and service offering for financial services clients.
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July 29, 2024
- Buyer
- ACA Group
- Target
- Encore Compliance
- Industry
- Cloud & SaaS
- Location
- New York, United States
- Type
- Addon
ACA Group, the Genstar Capital-backed governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) consultancy, has acquired Encore Compliance, a New York-based AI-driven compliance software firm founded in 2023. The acquisition brings Encore's GenAI-powered surveillance and transcription capabilities into ACA's Managed Services and ComplianceAlpha platform to strengthen expert-network call chaperoning and MNPI risk monitoring for asset managers and investment advisers.
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December 6, 2022
- Buyer
- ACA Group
- Target
- Advanced Regulatory Compliance, LLC
- Industry
- Professional Services
- Location
- United States
- Type
- Buyout
ACA Group, a leading governance, risk and compliance (GRC) advisor to the financial services industry, has acquired Advanced Regulatory Compliance, LLC (ARC), a specialist provider of compliance solutions for registered investment advisers. The acquisition expands ACA's RIA-focused compliance capabilities and integrates ARC's advisory expertise into ACA's broader GRC service offering; financial terms were not disclosed.
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October 19, 2022
- Buyer
- ACA Group
- Target
- Compliance Resource Partners, Inc.
- Industry
- Consulting
- Location
- Colorado, United States
- Type
- Buyout
ACA Group, a provider of governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) solutions, has acquired Compliance Resource Partners, Inc. (CRP), a regulatory compliance advisory firm serving registered investment advisers in Colorado and across the U.S. The acquisition is intended to bolster ACA's compliance advisory capabilities and expand its roster of experienced compliance professionals; financial terms were not disclosed.
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September 21, 2022
- Buyer
- ACA Group
- Target
- Ethos ESG
- Industry
- Data & Analytics
- Location
- Victoria, Australia
- Type
- Buyout
ACA Group has acquired Ethos ESG, a provider of ESG ratings data and analytics for financial advisors, asset managers and institutional investors. The acquisition is ACA's first analytics offering and will be integrated into its ESG Advisory practice to provide data-driven analysis, impact ratings and automated ESG reporting; financial terms were not disclosed.
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September 7, 2022
- Buyer
- ACA Group
- Target
- Focus 1 Associates
- Industry
- Professional Services
- Location
- United States
- Type
- Buyout
ACA Group, a provider of governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) solutions, has acquired Focus 1 Associates, a regulatory compliance consulting firm that serves RIAs, wealth managers, private equity and hedge funds. The acquisition bolsters ACA's compliance talent and expands its RIA-focused advisory and managed services capabilities; financial terms were not disclosed.
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- Buyer
- Genstar Capital, ACA Group
- Target
- ACA Group, Foreside Financial Group, LLC
- Seller
- Starr Investment Holdings, LLC
- Industry
- Financial Services
- Location
- United States
- Type
- Buyout
ACA Group (ACA) and Foreside Financial Group announced and completed their merger to create a larger global provider of governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) solutions for financial services. The combined firm positions Foreside’s distribution business as ACA Foreside, and Genstar Capital will be the lead investor/majority owner following the transaction’s completion.
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September 15, 2021
- Buyer
- ACA Group
- Target
- Catelas
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- Massachusetts, United States
- Type
- Buyout
ACA Group has acquired Catelas, a machine-learning based electronic communications (eComms) surveillance and investigations platform, to expand the capabilities of its ComplianceAlpha regulatory technology suite. The transaction integrates Catelas' eComms analytics and group-mapping technology into ACA's holistic GRC platform to give financial services firms a single view of trading and communications surveillance risks.
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