Australis Partners, an independent private equity firm focused on Latin America, in association with Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), a leading Canadian institutional investor and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, today finalized the acquisition of the 50 percent stake in each of Alianza Fiduciaria and Alianza Valores owned by Advent International. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.