ATC Client eVestment Acquires ASAP Advisor Services

ATC client eVestment Alliance (eVestment), a global provider of institutional investment data intelligence and analytic solutions, was represented by Brad Carr, Eadaoin Waller and Kathleen Hart in the acquisition of ASAP Advisor Services, providers of investment marketing services and database management solutions for institutional money managers, hedge fund managers and other financial advisors. With this acquisition, eVestment will now offer multiple technology and service-based solutions to enable updates to industry leading third-party and consultant-maintained databases. The company will phase in a new brand name, eVestment Omni, to cover its full suite of database population offerings, with three versions to match the spectrum of solutions available from the combined organization:

• Omni Source – Automated, rules-based technology solution that allows managers to maintain control over database updates (formerly eVestment Exchange)

• Omni Select – Leverages Omni Source technology, while giving managers flexibility to outsource the actual database updates

• Omni Complete – Fully outsourced solution that enables managers to completely handoff the database update process (formerly ASAP ManagerQuest).

Collectively, the eVestment Omni offerings will automate and manage data population for over 300 clients representing over $24.5 trillion in assets under management and over 4,600 unique investment strategies. With its full spectrum of unique products, the eVestment Omni platform will continue to appeal to clients ranging from small, emerging managers to large, global firms. The combined company will retain the eVestmentAlliancename.

eVestment has developed its reputation as a global leader in investment manager data through the detail and coverage of its institutional database, being named the “Most Influential Database” by FundFire and ranked first in the top 10 list of “Must Be In” databases by Money Management Letter and iisearches. The company was founded in 2000 and headquartered inAtlanta,Georgia, from which it has expanded to include offices inNew York,London,Sydney, Hong Kong and regional sales offices inBoston,Seattle,Chicago, andRaleigh.

About eVestment Alliance (www.evestment.com)