RAG-Stiftung has acquired a stake in Scope SE & Co, an EU-based provider of independent ratings, research and risk analysis solutions across all asset classes. The investment is part of a funding round aimed at significantly expanding the agency’s European
Moody’s Analytics Knowledge Services has rebranded as Acuity Knowledge Partners (Acuity) following the completion of its management buyout from Moody’s Corporation, supported by the European mid-market private equity investor Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone). Acuity, a leading provider of bespoke research,
Carillon Tower Advisers, a multi-boutique asset-management firm with USD64.6 billion in assets under management and advisement, is to acquire ClariVest Asset Management. Effective April, ClariVest will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Carillon Tower’s affiliate, Eagle Asset Management. The move follows
EEX Group is to acquire Nasdaq Futures’ (NFX) futures and options exchange business. EEX Group will acquire the core assets of NFX, including the portfolio of open interest in NFX contracts. The transaction involves the transfer of existing open positions
Operational Due Diligence (ODD) specialist firms HedgeAssist and Catalina Partners merged on 1 January 2019. The combined firms’ professionals, Arne Rovell, Patricia Watters, and Michelle Kline, provide a breadth of operational knowledge, legal and audit expertise, and investigative skills gained
Gregory Property Group has secured forward funding and started on site to deliver a prominent, new 407-bed student residential scheme on the edge of Leeds city centre. Planning consent was granted in November last year for the GBP30 million plus
TA Associates, a global growth private equity firm, has completed an investment in LIST, a developer of software solutions for the financial industry. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. LIST is a provider of trading and
BNP Paribas Securities Services has taken a strategic stake in the capital of fintech AssetMetrix. The partnership will enable BNP Paribas Securities Services to expand and digitalise its services to private capital clients and investors. By deploying AssetMetrix’s leading technology
EnTrustPermal – one of the world’s largest hedge fund investors and alternative asset manager headquartered in New York and London – has rebranded the firm as EnTrust Global. “This announcement speaks to our international expansion, as we currently serve clients
Independent fund administrator Opus Fund Services has acquired the fund administration unit of Advanced Fund Administration (AFA), which has offices in the Cayman Islands and New Jersey. Robin Bedford (pictured), CEO of Opus Fund Services, says: “This is the result
