Orangefield Group is to acquire USA2Europe, a corporate service provider providing Global Outsourcing services to North American Technology companies. With this acquisition Orangefield has increased its global presence, including USA2Europe’s representatives, with 24 additional countries – reaching a total of
A fund managed by Ares Management’s commercial finance platform is to acquire the asset-based lending portfolio of First Capital Holdings, a commercial finance company that provides asset-based loans and factoring to small and middle-market companies. First Capital is a portfolio
Global advisory, fund administration and fiduciary services firm Maitland has acquired 100 per cent of Phoenix Fund Services, a UK based company offering bespoke outsourced fund administration services to investment managers in the UK and offshore. The deal boosts Maitland’s
To address the changing dynamics of the fund services industry, SunGard is expanding its transfer agency capabilities by adding a full-service industry utility offering to its managed services suite. The key catalyst for this expansion is SunGard’s acquisition of the
Vontobel Asset Management is to acquire a 60 per cent stake in TwentyFour Asset Management LLP (TwentyFour), an independent fixed income specialist based in London. The transaction strengthens Vontobel’s presence in the UK market, extends its fixed income product offering
Alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group is to acquire a majority stake in assets services firm Conifer Financial Services. Senior management of Conifer will continue to lead the business and own a significant minority interest in the company. The transaction,
FD has acquired ActivateClients Limited, in a deal worth EUR4.75m (GBP3.4m), of which EUR1.5m (GBP1.1m) is payable in cash and EUR3.25m (GBP2.4m) is payable through the issue of 183,185 FD new ordinary shares. The earnings enhancing acquisition provides complementary software
Borsa İstanbul is to acquire the London Metal Exchange’s (LME) stake in clearing house LCH.Clearnet. In addition and Borsa İstanbul is to partner with the LME and the LME’s parent company Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx), on the dissemination
BATS Global Markets (BATS) has completed its acquisition of Hotspot FX, an institutional foreign exchange (FX) market, from KCG Holdings. The transaction was announced January 28th and received Hart-Scott-Rodino clearance from the US Department of Justice on 18 February. Hotspot
RCM Alternatives is to join forces with Attain Capital Management, acquiring its fund offerings, education, research and database assets while bringing its principals and employees under the RCM umbrella. The transaction is expected to close in the first week of
