Apex plans to acquire Brazil’s BRL Trust Investimentos, an independent fund administrator. The BRL Trust business will add BRL198bn (USD38bn) AuA and BRL166.7bn (USD32bn) AuC across 560 international and Brazilian investment funds. The deal comes after Apex’s previous announcement of its intention to acquire MAF, the fund administration business of the Brazil-based Banco Modal, which is currently awaiting regulatory approval.