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ION Continues Acquisition Spree with Purchase of Dash Financial

10 February 2021
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ION Investment Group – owner of such esteemed trading technology brands as Fidessa, Dealogic, Caplin, FfastFill, Iris Financial, OpenLink, FSS and others – has added another property to its portfolio, in the form of New York-based options trading tech specialist Dash Financial Technologies. ION has agreed to acquire Dash from private equity firm Flexpoint Ford. Jefferies LLC served as financial advisor to DASH and Kirkland & Ellis LLP served as legal counsel to Flexpoint Ford and Dash.

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