This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers visit http://www.djreprints.com. Aksia, a New York-based provider of research and advice, is buying San Diego, Calif.-based TorreyCove Capital Partners, a private-equity consultant. Financial terms weren’t announced. The combined firm will retain the Aksia name, and will have more than 240 professionals globally and advise on $160 billion in assets. The deal is expected to close in the first half of this year. Aksia and TorreyCove both advise institutional investors including public pension funds, family offices, and sovereign wealth funds.