Law firm Stroock’s FinTech group, led by partner Ian DiBernardo and special counsel Jeffrey Mann, has advised Instinet Holdings Incorporated in its acquisition of State Street’s BlockCross ATS, an alternative trading system (ATS). The Stroock team also included associates Binni
Global fixed-income manager Western Asset has taken a minority ownership stake in Flat Rock Global, a new alternative asset manager focused on developing yield-driven investment strategies in asset classes under-served by the mainstream banking sector. John Thomson of Thomson Equity
Global advisory and fund administration fund Maitland is to acquire Guernsey-based Designated Manager, R&H Fund Services (Guernsey) Limited. Other Rawlinson & Hunter businesses in the Channel Islands, including R&H Trust Co (Guernsey) Limited, Rawlinson & Hunter Limited and R&H’s Jersey
Linedata is to acquire Quality Risk Management & Operations (QRMO), a leading specialist provider of outsourced middle-office, shadow accounting and risk monitoring services to the asset management and securities industries. The acquisition of QRMO, a Hong Kong-based company with 30
StarCompliance, a provider of enterprise compliance and regulatory software solutions for the financial services industry, has secured an investment from Luminate Capital Partners, a San Francisco-based private equity firm, to support its global growth strategy. StarCompliance’s software platform helps financial
Front Street Capital is to sell Jemekk Capital Management to J2 Capital Management, a newly created corporation controlled by Gerard Ferguson. J2 Capital will be assigned the investment management and portfolio advisory agreements relating to the Jemekk Total Return Fund
Shareholders of Saxo Bank Group (Saxo), a leading multi-asset trading and financial-technology firm, have received an offer from Sampo Group, a leading Nordic financial services group, to take up a stake of 19.9 per cent of the bank. In May
AnaCap Financial Partners (AnaCap), the specialist European financial services private equity firm has competed an offering by AnaCap Financial Europe SA SICAV-RAIF (AFE) of EUR325 million of senior secured floating rate notes due 2024. The offering took place through the
RJO MENA, an affiliate of RJ O’Brien & Associates, has acquired Lombard Forte Securities Limited (LFS), a Dubai-based provider of a diverse range of execution and brokerage services to a wide range of customers including hedge funds, asset managers and
Virtus BR Partners, an independent Brazilian financial advisory firm, has formed a relationship with Oaktree Capital Management to pursue investment opportunities in Brazil and throughout Latin America. Oaktree, formed in 1995 and headquartered in Los Angeles, is an alternative investment
