Category: M&A

Hamilton Lane, a private markets investment management firm, has made an investment in IDR, the investor onboarding platform focused on private markets. Additionally, Hamilton Lane will deploy IDR’s platform for its investor onboarding process, including fund subscription, KYC, tax, and money laundering reporting officer services. The investment amount was not disclosed.

Deutsche Börse Group is to acquire the remaining shares in FundsDLT. The Luxembourg-based company is a decentralised platform based on DLT for end-to-end fund distribution and processing. The acquisition is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter 2023 or the first quarter 2024, subject to regulatory approval. The acquisition of all outstanding shares of…

Waystone, the Ireland-based administrator, has moved closer to the completion of its proposed acquisition of the Irish and UK businesses of Link Fund Solutions. Certain contractual conditions have been satisfied, with counterparties to LFS contracts, representing the threshold majority of revenue, now agreeing to those contracts being transferred to Waystone on completion of the sale.…

Vistra, the Asia-based fund and corporate service provider, has completed its merger with Tricor Group. The combined business has >9,000 professionals in 50+ jurisdictions. Simon Webster, who joined Vistra in 2022 as CEO, becomes CEO of the combined business. Kim Jenkins, Tricor’s CEO, has been appointed as COO. The merged entity, headquartered in Hong Kong,…

Gen II Fund Services, a U.S.-based independent private capital fund administrator, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the private capital administration business of Crestbridge, a UK-based provider. The transaction is expected to close following customary regulatory approvals. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Crestbridge Family Office Services, which is not part of this…

Apex has agreed to acquire Retransform from The Annet Group. Retransform is a global real estate service provider offering technology solutions and managed services to commercial, retail, residential and corporate real estate clients. Apex and Annet are also establishing a joint venture to develop software in the areas of data analytics, valuation, and digital twins…

RBC has completed the sale of the European asset servicing activities of RBC Investor Services, and its associated Malaysian centre of excellence, to CACEIS. CACEIS’ acquisition of the business of the UK branch of RBC Investor Services Trust and RBC Investor Services business in Jersey is expected to take place in the coming months, subject…

REYL Intesa Sanpaolo has acquired Carnegie Fund Services SA, a Swiss fund representative. Carnegie services fund management companies, boutique firms and large global asset management groups based in Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia, acting as a Swiss representative for over 100 managers and over 700 funds. Swiss-based REYL is part of the Intesa Sanpaolo…

IQ-EQ, the Luxembourg-based administrator, has reached agreements to acquire ComplianceAsia and Lymon Pte Ltd. ComplianceAsia, the longest established compliance consulting firm in Asia Pacific and one of the largest firms operating in the region, was founded in 2003. Lymon was founded in Singapore in 2013 to address a gap in the market in the provision…