Victory Capital to Acquire Harvest Volatility Management

Victory Capital (VCTR) today announced that it has entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Harvest Volatility Management, LLC (“Harvest”). Harvest, which had approximately $12 billion in assets under management (AUM) as of July 31, 2018, is a leader in derivative asset management, specializing in yield enhancement overlay, risk reduction, alternative beta and absolute return investment strategies. Based on AUM for both firms as of July 31, 2018, Victory Capital would on the closing of the transaction have approximately $75 billion in firmwide AUM. This includes approximately $16 billion, or 21% of total AUM, in its Solutions Platform strategies.