Waystone Group, the Ireland-based ManCo and asset servicing provider, has signed definitive agreements to acquire the Irish and UK businesses of Link Fund Solutions, a division of Link Group, subject to regulatory approvals and other contractual conditions. The acquisition will broaden Waystone’s UK offering to include transfer agency and alternative administration. It will add >USD190bn AuA, with 600 staff globally joining Waystone, including the establishment of the group’s first office in India, where it will now have c. 150 employees.