 The deal included some of DFA’s management team, staff, and ADVISE® and GEMS® software suites.On September 20, 2011, Conning and Cathay Financial Holdings received regulatory approval for their previously announced joint venture to form a new Hong Kong-headquartered asset management company, now known as Conning Asia Pacific Limited.Later that year, Conning and The Phoenix Companies entered into a multiyear investment agreement under which Conning acquired Goodwin Capital Advisers, Inc. and took management control of the Phoenix’s publicly-traded fixed income general accounts insurance assets totaling approximately $8 billion.