JTC, the C.I.-based professional services business, has agreed to acquire FFP, a Cayman-based provider of specialist fiduciary services to fund, trust and corporate clients. Completion is subject to regulatory approvals. Founded in 2012, FFP provides a range of specialist fiduciary, restructuring, trustee, fund administration and corporate services. Post acquisition, JTC will have an enlarged team…
Category: M&A
Ripple acquires Standard Custody
Ripple, the UK fintech, has completed the acquisition of Standard Custody & Trust Company, a U.S.-based regulated custodian for digital assets. The acquisition adds a limited purpose trust company regulated by the New York Department of Financial Services, and follows the 2023 acquisition of Metaco, a Swiss-based provider of digital asset custody and tokenisation technology.…
CACEIS completes RBC integration in Europe
CACEIS has completed the integration of RBC’s European asset servicing activities. All staff across all locations are now regrouped under common legal structures. Having obtained regulatory authorisations, CACEIS has updated its legal structures by combining entities in France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Ireland and Switzerland. The client migration project is scheduled for completion by the end of…
MUFG completes Link deal
The acquisition of Link Group by Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corporation has been completed. Under its new ownership, Link Group will be rebranded as MUFG Pension & Market Services, comprised of two business lines, MUFG Corporate Markets and MUFG Retirement Solutions. MUFG Retirement Solutions has recently opened an office in Hong Kong.
Novata raises funds
Novata, a fintech that provides ESG data for private markets investments, has completed a new round of financing from returning investors Hamilton Lane and S&P Global, and a new investor, Motive Ventures, which is backed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management. In 2023 Novata struck a deal with Northern Trust, an investor, to provide its…
CBI approves EQT MBO
The Central Bank of Ireland has approved the management buy-out of the Ireland business of Equity Trustees, the Australian administrator. As a result, the company will be renamed Gateway Fund Services Ltd, with Kevin Lavery as CEO. In 2023 EQT Holdings Limited, the ASX-listed holding company for Equity Trustees, reached an agreement to sell its…
Apex buys in South Africa
Apex is to acquire IP Management Company (RF) (Pty) Ltd, a South African unit trust ManCo. IPMC is a collaboration between established financial services businesses, which compete and promote their products independently, but co-exist in a relationship within IPMC, creating a business with depth of resources and diversification of assets under administration. IPMC adds ZAR22bn…
Gen II completes Crestbridge acquisition
Gen II Fund Services, the U.S.-based independent private capital fund administrator, has closed the acquisition of Crestbridge, a UK-based provider of private capital fund administration services. The acquisition of Crestbridge expands Gen II’s presence in Luxembourg and adds jurisdictional reach in the UK, Jersey, Ireland, and other international markets, significantly broadening Gen II’s global service…
Rimes to be acquired by Five Arrows
Rimes, a provider of enterprise data management (EDM)-as-a-service and investment platform solutions, has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Five Arrows, the alternative assets arm of Rothschild & Co. Five Arrows targets category leading B2B data and software sectors across a focused set of end markets, including financial technology. Founded in 1996, Rimes…
Clearwater buys from Wilshire
Clearwater Analytics, a U.S.-based provider of SaaS-based investment management, accounting, reporting, and analytics solutions, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire risk and performance analytics solutions from Wilshire Advisors LLC. Specifically, Clearwater will acquire Wilshire Axiom, Wilshire Atlas, Wilshire Abacus, and Wilshire iQComposite, which provide fixed income analytics, equity analytics and performance measurement, accounting,…