Deutsche Börse has completed its acquisition of a majority stake in Crypto Finance, a FINMA-regulated provider of trading, custody, and investment services for digital assets. Jan Brzezek, CEO and co-founder of Crypto Finance, and the current management team will continue to lead Crypto Finance and retain a significant stake in the company. Crypto Finance will…
Category: M&A
SS&C to acquire Hubwise
SS&C has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Hubwise Holdings Limited, a regulated U.K. B2B investment platform serving advisors, discretionary wealth managers and self-directed digital D2C propositions. Under the terms of the agreement, approved by the shareholders of Hubwise, SS&C will purchase Hubwise in an all-cash transaction. The acquisition adds 58 employees serving 51…
CSC and Intertrust reach conditional agreement
CSC, the U.S.-based provider of business, legal, tax, and digital brand services, has reached a conditional agreement on a recommended public offer for all issued and outstanding ordinary shares of Intertrust, the Netherlands-based administration and corporate services provider that has USD460bn AuA. Earlier in 2021 CVC, a UK private equity firm, abandoned a bid for…
SimCorp partners with Domos FS
SimCorp, the U.S.-based provider of SaaS investment management solutions, has entered into a partnership with Domos FS to deliver a front-to-back-office investment management offering covering both public and private markets for asset managers, asset owners and service providers. SimCorp has taken an initial minority stake in Domos FS.
Davies acquires Sionic
Davies, a professional services and technology business, has acquired Sionic, a consulting and technology firm. Headquartered in the UK, Sionic specialises in technology transformation and digitalisation, international regulatory compliance, and risk management. Sionic will join Davies’ consulting & technology practice headed by CEO Mark Grocott. Craig Sher, Sionic CEO, will continue to lead day-to-day operations…
STP acquires Tower
STP Investment Services, a U.S.-based, end-to-end investment operations service provider with >USD340bn AuA, has acquired Tower Fund Services, a U.S.-based fund administrator providing an outsourced solution for alternative investment managers and family offices. Tower offers fund administration to private equity funds, cryptocurrency funds, hedge funds, venture capital, fund of funds, real estate, and direct lending…
IQ-EQ acquires Greyline Partners
IQ-EQ, the Luxembourg-based investor services provider, has acquired Greyline Partners, LLC, a U.S. provider of governance and regulatory compliance solutions for private capital, hedge funds and investors. Founded in 2016, Greyline has 56 people across its six offices located in San Francisco, Dallas, New York, Chicago, Boston and London. Also part of Greyline is GCM…
SEI acquires Novus Partners
SEI has acquired Novus Partners, a global portfolio intelligence platform company. Novus’ platform streamlines data management, performance measurement, reporting, attribution and look-through analysis in a single digital tool. Founded in 2007, Novus works with more than 140 clients who collectively manage over USD4trn in assets. Following the acquisition, operations will continue in all four of…
Confluence to acquire Compliance Solutions Strategies
Confluence, a technology solutions provider for the investment management industry, has agreed to acquire Compliance Solutions Strategies (CSS), a RegTech company. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in New York, CSS offers a global RegTech platform underpinned by its proprietary Regulatory Book of Record data management solution. Servicing more than 600 clients globally, including nine of…
Confluence agrees to acquire Investment Metrics
Confluence Technologies, a technology solutions provider for the investment management and administration industry, has agreed to acquire Investment Metrics for USD500m. Investment Metrics is a provider of investment data, performance, analytics and research software solutions for institutional investors and advisors. Investment Metrics services more than 400 clients across 30 countries, representing over USD14trn in AuA.