Egeria is to acquire 100 per cent of the shares of consumer electronics manufacturer Trust. Financial details of the deal have not been disclosed. Mark Wetzels from Egeria says that Trust owes its prominent position to its customer focus, speed
GP Bullhound has invested USD10 million in RavenPack, a provider of alternative data and insights for financial institutions. The company’s database, comprising over 19,000 sources spanning over 20 years, is used by financial institutions who subscribe to the platform in
Torstone Technology, a provider of post-trade securities and derivatives processing, has launched a new brand identity – Simplifying Post-Trade Processing and offering a post-trade platform which is Fast, Flexible and Future-proof. Torstone’s rebrand comes at a time of great industry
UK bookseller Waterstones has been acquired by funds managed by activist hedge fund manager Paul Singer’s (pictured), Elliott Advisors. Waterstones operates a chain of 283 bookshops located across the UK and Ireland, and in The Netherlands and Belgium, and had
MUFG Investor Services, a global asset servicing arm of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), is to acquire select divisions of the fund administration business of Maitland, a privately owned global advisory, administration and family office firm. Maitland personnel will join
Swiss fintech specialist Avaloq has acquired a 10 per cent stake in Metaco, a Lausanne-based blockchain and crypto-currency specialist. The acquisition, which is part of Metaco’s second round of funding, will see Francisco Fernandez (pictured), Avaloq’s founder and Group Chairman,
Merian Global Investors (MGI) is to acquire the multi-asset business from Kestrel Investment Partners. As part of the deal, which is expected to complete in December 2019 (subject to regulatory and shareholder approval), the entire Kestrel multi-asset team will join
Sprott Asset Management (SAM) is to acquire Tocqueville Asset Management’s gold strategy asset management business, with Tocqueville gold investment team comprised of Senior Portfolio Manager John Hathaway and Portfolio Managers Douglas Groh and Ryan McIntyre will join Sprott Asset Management
Saxo Bank is partnering with Microsoft to run its entire technology stack on the Microsoft Cloud. Saxo Bank is a fintech specialist focused on multi-asset trading and investment, servicing clients in more than 170 countries with access to investments in
Ares Management Corporation (Ares) and Fidante Partners (Fidante) have established a strategic joint venture to coordinate the marketing and investment management of retail and institutional investor capital from Australia and New Zealand for Ares’ various Credit, Private Equity and Real
