United States $744 Billion Private Equity Firm KKR Sells Minority Stake in UK Post-Trade Services Company OSTTRA for $100 Million to 6 Banks (Bank of America, Barclays, Citigroup, HSBC, UBS & Wells Fargo) Having Acquired OSTTRA at $3.1 Billion Valuation in 2025, OSTTRA Founded in 2021 as Joint Venture by CME & IHS Markit (S&P Global Completed Acquisition of IHS Market in 2022)
27th February 2026 | Hong Kong
United States private equity firm KKR ($744 billion AUM) has sold a minority stake in UK post-trade services company OSTTRA for $100 million to 6 banks (Bank of America, Barclays, Citigroup, HSBC, UBS & Wells Fargo), having acquired OSTTRA at $3.1 billion valuation in 2025. OSTTRA was founded in 2021 as a joint venture by CME & IHS Markit (S&P Global Completed Acquisition of IHS Market in 2022). OSTTRA – OSTTRA provides critical post trade infrastructure to global financial markets. Launched in 2021 through the combination of four businesses that have been at the heart of Post Trade innovation for more than 20 years (MarkitServ, Traiana, TriOptima and Reset), the OSTTRA network connects thousands of market participants to process millions of trades each day, streamlining end to end workflows – from trade capture and confirmation, through portfolio optimisation, to clearing and settlement. Announcement (14/4/25): “S&P Global and CME Group today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to sell OSTTRA, a leading provider of post-trade solutions for the global OTC market, to investment funds managed by KKR, a leading global investment firm. The terms of the deal for OSTTRA equaled total enterprise value at $3.1 billion, subject to customary purchase price adjustments, which will be divided evenly between S&P Global and CME Group pursuant to their 50/50 joint venture. Established in 2021 as a joint venture between CME Group and S&P Global, OSTTRA serves the global financial ecosystem with a comprehensive suite of critical post-trade offerings across interest rates, FX, credit and equity asset classes. OSTTRA provides end-to-end connectivity and workflow solutions to banks, broker-dealers, asset managers, and other market participants across trade processing, trade lifecycle, and optimization. The OSTTRA management team, led by co-CEOs Guy Rowcliffe and John Stewart, will continue to lead the company in their current roles. KKR will support OSTTRA’s customer-centric growth and role as a critical market infrastructure provider by increasing OSTTRA’s investments in technology and innovation across its leading post-trade solutions platform. KKR is making its investment in OSTTRA primarily through its North American private equity strategy. Following the close of the transaction, KKR will support OSTTRA in creating a broad-based equity ownership program to provide all of the company’s nearly 1,500 employees the opportunity to participate in the benefits of ownership. This strategy is based on the belief that team member engagement through ownership is a key driver in building stronger companies. Since 2011, more than 60 KKR portfolio companies have awarded billions of dollars of total equity value to over 150,000 non-senior management employees. Further financial terms were not disclosed. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2025, subject to customary closing conditions and receipt of required regulatory approvals.”
“ United States $744 Billion Private Equity Firm KKR Sells Minority Stake in UK Post-Trade Services Company OSTTRA for $100 Million to 6 Banks (Bank of America, Barclays, Citigroup, HSBC, UBS & Wells Fargo) Having Acquired OSTTRA at $3.1 Billion Valuation in 2025, OSTTRA Founded in 2021 as Joint Venture by CME & IHS Markit (S&P Global Completed Acquisition of IHS Market in 2022) “
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United States $744 Billion Private Equity Firm KKR Sells Minority Stake in UK Post-Trade Services Company OSTTRA for $100 Million to 6 Banks (Bank of America, Barclays, Citigroup, HSBC, UBS & Wells Fargo) Having Acquired OSTTRA at $3.1 Billion Valuation in 2025, OSTTRA Founded in 2021 as Joint Venture by CME & IHS Markit (S&P Global Completed Acquisition of IHS Market in 2022)
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