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ACUITY KNOWLEDGE PARTNERS ACQUIRES CIANS ANALYTICS

Equistone-backed Acuity Knowledge Partners acquires Cians Analytics,
consolidating a leading position in the global financial services outsourcing
market



NEW YORK CITY, September, 12th 2022 – Acuity Knowledge Partners (“Acuity”), a
leading provider of high-value research, analytics and business intelligence to
the financial services sector, today announced the acquisition of Cians
Analytics (“Cians”), a provider of high-quality, cost-effective research and
analytical support for financial institutions. This acquisition will allow
Acuity to offer enhanced support in the field of knowledge process outsourcing
(KPO) and help streamline the operations of financial firms globally. The
financial terms of the transaction were undisclosed.

Cians Analytics enables investment banks, private equity funds and corporations
to do more with their time while significantly reducing operating costs. Its
diverse pool of talent, including financial researchers, developers and data
scientists, allows the in-house teams of Cians’ clients to better focus on
strategic initiatives and increased output. Challenging economic conditions, the
migration of finance talent into the technology sector and disruptions in the
financial services space have significantly increased demand for these services.
Cians’ product offering also includes LeverData, a proprietary data ingestion,
validation and management platform which helps customers eliminate the data
reliability issues that often plague financial services firms, saving them
money, resources and valuable time.

The acquisition represents the first bolt-on transaction made by Acuity since
its buyout by Equistone, a leading European mid-market private equity investor,
in 2019. Following the acquisition, all Cians employees will join the Acuity
workforce, taking its global headcount to over 5500 employees

“Cians Analytics has proven, throughout the years, that they have a dedication
to quality work and best-in-class service to all of their clients,” said Acuity
Knowledge Partners CEO, Robert King. “Given our shared cultures and service
offerings, the opportunity to combine our teams and provide high-quality
services to a larger client base was a compelling one. Post-transaction Acuity
will support over 500 banking and financial services firms worldwide. This deal
also supports the significant growth we have seen, and continue to target, in
key markets such as the U.S.”

“The combination of both firms not only increases the capabilities we can offer
to our combined client set, but also allows our employees and customers to have
a truly global engagement team and experience,” said Cians Analytics Co-Founder
and Co-CEO, Anmol Bhandari. “We often saw each other in engagements and in the
marketplace. It ultimately made sense to combine to truly consolidate offerings
and clients and to give the customers and employees the best that both firms can
offer.”

“This is a win-win situation for our most important stakeholders, our clients
and our employees,” said Cians Analytics Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Aman Chowdhury.
“Both firms have a history of delivering high-quality services to a discerning
and sophisticated client set spread across the globe. While both firms work with
similar types of clients, our services and focus areas are often complementary.
This sets the combined firm up as the pre-eminent firm in our industry.”

Speaking about the transaction, Tim Swales, Partner at Equistone, said: "Robert
and his team have done an excellent job of driving strong organic growth over
the past three years. In Cians we recognised an opportunity to supplement that,
by supporting the bolt-on acquisition of a company with a similarly strong and
highly complementary service offering and client base. By strengthening the
product suite available to clients, we believe this transaction has the
potential to further accelerate Acuity’s growth over the coming years.”

Cians was advised on the transaction by Grant Thornton, Mayer Brown and Phoenix
Legal, while Acuity was advised by BDA Partners (William Blair), Latham &
Watkins, AZB Partners and Baker Hostetler.

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