Apex has completed its acquisition of the fund services and third-party ManCo business operations of Maitland International Holdings plc, the South Africa-based fund services provider. Maitland provides services for 120 direct investment managers and 25 fund sponsors, with >USD200bn AuA and USD17bn AuM. Maitland’s 570 employees will join the group, expanding Apex’s existing presence in…
Category: M&A
STP acquires WealthSite
STP Investment Services, a U.S.-based fund administrator that was acquired by Lovell Minnick earlier this year, has acquired WealthSite, a firm that provides an accounting, portfolio management, reporting and analytics platform to single and multi-family offices, traditional wealth advisory firms and money managers serving UNHW clients. The acquisition brings STP’s total AuA to >USD400bn.
Euroclear plans to acquire Goji
Euroclear plans to acquire Goji, a UK-based provider of digital access and technology-enabled solutions for private markets, subject to regulatory approval. Goji serves nearly 30,000 investors from 80 investor jurisdictions, and is regulated by the FCA. Apex recently selected Goji for onboarding of alternatives clients.
IQ-EQ acquires Laven Compliance
IQ-EQ, the Luxembourg-based fund services provider, has acquired Laven Compliance Limited, formerly part of Laven Group. Laven Compliance is a UK and U.S.-based provider of regulatory compliance, regulatory application support and operational due diligence, servicing financial services clients. The acquisition does not involve any other part of the Laven Group.
SS&C acquires CFO
SS&C has acquired Complete Financial Ops, Inc. Fund Services, a Colorado-based fund administration firm. CFO Fund Services delivers fund administration to private equity funds and family offices. Terms of the all-cash deal were not disclosed. The acquisition adds 25 clients and eight employees.
Galaxy to acquire GK8
Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd., a financial services and investment management provider in the digital asset, cryptocurrency, and blockchain technology sectors, intends to acquire GK8, a secure institutional digital asset self-custody platform. The acquisition will be the result of a sale process executed in connection with Celsius Network LLC‘s Chapter 11 bankruptcy and is subject to…
State Street and BBH call off deal
State Street and Brown Brothers Harriman have agreed to terminate State Street’s proposed acquisition of BBH’s investor services business. In a statement, State Street said: “After consideration of both regulatory feedback and potential transaction modifications to address that feedback, State Street has determined that the regulatory path forward would involve further delays, and all necessary…
Symphony acquires Amenity
Symphony, a UK-based fintech, has acquired Amenity Analytics, a natural language processing data analytics solution providing actionable insights to portfolio managers, research professionals, analysts and other financial markets participants. This acquisition will enhance Symphony’s markets strategy with highly relevant data and business insights use cases, including ESG capabilities.
EQT gets green light for AET deal
Equity Trustees, the Australia-based administrator, has received the ministerial approval required to acquire Australian Executor Trustees Limited. The targeted acquisition completion date is 30 November 2022.
UI completes takeover of EFA
Universal Investment Group, the Germany-based administrator, has completed the acquisition of Luxembourg-based financial services provider European Fund Administration S.A. (EFA). The agreement has recently been approved by CSSF, the Luxembourg financial regulator. EFA will act as the group’s international investor services platform. EFA and Universal Investment Luxembourg will continue as separate entities and will be…