M&A Deal Summary

Citi Acquires Automated Trading Desk

On July 2, 2007, Citi acquired financial services company Automated Trading Desk from TCV for 680M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Citi’s 13th transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is Citi’s 9th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Citi’s 8th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Citi’s 1st transaction in South Carolina.
Investment Fate
  • Automated Trading Desk was divested to a consortium of strategic buyers in 2016.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2007-07-02
Target Automated Trading Desk
Sector Financial Services
Buyer(s) Citi
Sellers(s) TCV
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 680M USD
Advisor(s) Financial Technology Partners - FT Partners (Financial)
Blank Rome (Legal)

Target

Automated Trading Desk

Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, United States
Automated Trading Desk is a brokerage firm specializing in automated trading and customized equity execution solutions. Automated Trading Desk has about 120 broker-dealer customers and trades, on average, more than 200 million shares daily, or 6 percent of the volume on both the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Citi

New York, New York, United States

Category Company
Founded 1812
Sector Financial Services
Employees226,710
Revenue 81.1B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Citi is a global diversified financial services holding company, whose businesses provide consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, trade and securities services and wealth management. Citi was incorporated in 1812 and is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 15 of 16
Sector: Financial Services M&A 13 of 13
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 10 of 11
State: South Carolina M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 8 of 9
Year: 2007 M&A 7 of 7
Size (of disclosed) 9 of 11
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-05-14 Grupo Financiero Cuscatlan de Costa Rica S.A.

San Jose, Costa Rica

Grupo Financiero Cuscatlan de Costa, is one of the major financial groups in Central America with operations in El Salvador, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras and Panama. It serves more than 45,000 corporate banking customers and 1.2 million consumer banking customers through a distribution network of 202 branches and 263 ATM’s throughout the region.

Buy $1.5B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-02-05 CitiStreet

North Quincy, Massachusetts, United States

CitiStreet LLC is a US-based retirement plan and benefit service and administration company, with additional operations in Australia for more than 16,000 plans and 12 million participants.

Sell $900M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

TCV

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1995
PE ASSETS 21.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV) is a private equity and venture capital firm focused on investments in growth technology companies. TCV looks to provide capital for growth, recapitalizations, acquisitions, and buyouts of technology companies in sectors such as internet, financial technology, infrastructure & communications, and software. TCV targets opportunities in North America and looks to commit between $10 and $500 million of equity capital per transaction. TCV was formed in 1995 and is based in Palo Alto, New York City, and London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 30 of 84
Sector: Financial Services M&A 2 of 6
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 17 of 43
State: South Carolina M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 27 of 73
Year: 2007 M&A 6 of 7
Size (of disclosed) 6 of 24
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-07-01 Embanet

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Embanet is an integrated, full service partner of non-profit institutions that provides online program design and development, marketing, enrollment and technology support. The company works with clients to effectively deliver technology support services to maximize their students' academic success and program completion.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-09-13 TradingScreen

New York, New York, United States

TradingScreen is an expert on SaaS trading technology. TradeSmart OEMS offers workflow efficiency and seamless integration between the sell-side and buy-side, connecting markets globally and providing traders the access and information they need to optimize their trading performance. TradingScreen was founded in 1999 and is based in New York City.

Buy -