The fintech company, which has operations in New York, London, Sydney and Chennai, is a thought leader in market structure and stands at the forefront of innovation in the fast-growing market for intelligent, electronic execution services.

Quantitative Brokers’ portfolio of algorithms, simulation tools and analytics is used by some of the world’s largest institutional investors. QB’s offering services the increasing demand for intelligent and transparent solutions to manage execution cost and performance via a broker-neutral workflow. The QB algorithms are uniquely engineered for both central limit order books and OTC liquidity streams while accessible via all major execution and order management systems used by the buy side, banks and brokerage houses.

The transaction will move Deutsche Börse closer to the sources of trading interest in the buy side value chain, contributing to the Trading & Clearing division’s buy side focused growth initiatives. In the Exchange Traded Derivatives segment, it will accelerate buy side product adoption and order flow attraction. Quantitative Brokers’ renowned quant team will complement Deutsche Börse’s drive to expand its data and analytics services.

Thomas Book, Head of the Trading & Clearing Division of Deutsche Börse and Member of the Executive Board: “We are investing in a growth business with a renowned, innovative and leading quant team delivering a unique set of competencies in algorithmic execution. The exciting QB platform and team are a perfect fit with both our existing business and our long-term strategic perspective.”

Christian Hauff, CEO and co-founder of Quantitative Brokers: “The QB team is thrilled to join Deutsche Börse’s portfolio of strategic companies to further accelerate our institutional client uptake and global expansion across markets and asset classes. Our partnership with a 30 billion-dollar, global, multi-asset exchange group will provide even greater momentum to our growth plans.”

Robert Almgren, Chief Scientist and co-founder of Quantitative Brokers: “Deutsche Börse’s global relationships with buy and sell side customers will help us add value to an even broader range of clients. Our intelligent solutions will provide them with additional tools to better manage order execution in an increasingly complex market environment.”

The company will be majority owned by Deutsche Börse, with the founders retaining significant portions of their shareholdings and continuing in their respective roles; Christian Hauff will continue as CEO and Robert Almgren as Chief Scientist.

Quantitative Brokers’ 2020 revenues are expected to be around 25 million USD. Besides further double-digit revenue growth at Quantitative Brokers, the combined business is expected to deliver significant synergies.

The parties expect to finalize the transaction by the end of this year, with the closing date remaining contingent on required regulatory approvals. Specific terms of the transaction were not disclosed.