KKR acquires OSTTRA 13 October 2025US Reporter: Zarah Choudhary
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KKR, a global investment firm, has announced that investment funds managed by KKR have completed the acquisition of OSTTRA, a provider of post-trade solutions for the global OTC market, from S&P Global and CME Group.
The terms of the deal for OSTTRA equaled total enterprise value at US$3.1 billion.
Established in 2021 as a joint venture between CME Group and S&P Global, OSTTRA serves the global financial ecosystem with a suite of 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 optimisation.
Guy Rowcliffe and John Stewart will lead the OSTTRA management team.
According to the firm, KKR will support the company’s growth by increasing OSTTRA’s investments in technology and innovation across its post-trade solutions platform.
KKR will also support OSTTRA in creating a broad-based equity ownership programme to provide all of the company’s nearly 1,500 employees the opportunity to participate in the benefits of ownership.
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