Virtus Investment Partners acquired RidgeWorth Investments for $472 million (plus fair market value of certain RidgeWorth investments at closing), a transaction completed in June 2017, structured as cash (funded by debt and balance-sheet resources).
RidgeWorth Investments operates in Multi-boutique equity and fixed income, is based in United States (Atlanta, GA). Virtus acquired RidgeWorth Investments, a multi-boutique asset manager with about $40 billion in assets across affiliated and unaffiliated managers, via merger. The deal added RidgeWorth's boutiques Ceredex Value Advisors, Seix Investment Advisors and Silvant Capital Management, which continued to operate independently. It lifted Virtus's pro forma assets under management to roughly $90 billion and materially expanded its institutional and fixed-income reach. The stated purchase price was $472 million plus the fair market value of certain RidgeWorth investments at closing.
Diversified Virtus's investment offerings, added scale, broadened the institutional client base and strengthened distribution across institutional, retirement, private-bank and RIA channels.
Institutional-quality equity and fixed-income strategies from established boutiques, plus scale and distribution diversification. Expanded institutional distribution; complementary fixed-income and equity capabilities alongside existing affiliates. Boutiques (Ceredex, Seix, Silvant) retained as independent affiliated managers
We are pleased to complete this transaction and add the strategies from Ceredex, Seix and Silvant to the distinctive equity and fixed income offerings from our other boutique managers.George R. Aylward, President and CEO, Virtus Investment Partners
Advisory firms were not disclosed for this transaction.