Genstar Capital, a private equity firm, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in Foreside Financial Group, LLC from Lovell Minnick Partners. Foreside provides distribution, governance, risk management and compliance solutions to clients in the global asset and wealth management industries. Genstar is the majority owner of Apex Group.
Category: M&A
BNY Mellon to acquire Milestone
BNY Mellon has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Milestone Group, a U.S.-based provider of fund management technology, including the widely adopted pControl platform. The deal comes just over a year after the two companies formed an alliance to create a suite of oversight and contingent NAV services for asset managers and owners seeking…
Hex Trust receives funding from Cyberport
Hong Kong-based Hex Trust, a digital asset custodian, has secured investment from Cyberport, Hong Kong’s largest fintech hub, which is wholly owned by the Hong Kong SAR government.
Waystone receives investment from Montagu
Waystone, a provider of institutional governance, risk and compliance services to the asset management industry, has signed an agreement to receive significant investment from Montagu Private Equity, a European private equity firm. Waystone was formed from the merger of DMS, MDO and MontLake.
Deutsche Börse buys majority stake in Crypto Finance
Deutsche Börse Group has acquired a majority stake in Crypto Finance AG, a Switzerland-based financial group that offers trading, storage, and investment in digital assets to institutional and professional clients. Through the acquisition, Deutsche Börse will extend its offering for digital assets by providing a direct entry point for investments, including post-trade services such as…
Mainstream recommends Apex bid
Mainstream, the Australian administrator that has >AUD200bn (USD152bn) AuA, has entered into a Scheme Implementation Deed with Apex, and its directors have unanimously recommended that Mainstream shareholders vote in favour of the Apex offer.
MJ Hudson acquires Clarus Risk
MJ Hudson, the UK-based consultancy, has acquired Clarus Risk, a fintech firm specialising in regulatory risk and risk reporting automation. Clarus will now trade as MJ Hudson Quantitative Solutions.
Apex acquires Senasen
Apex has acquired Senasen Group Ltd., a digital marketing platform provider designed to connect LPs and GPs and support the capital raising process. Founded by Blair McPherson and created by Ben Slater, both of whom will join Apex as part of the deal, Senasen’s proprietary SaaS platform will benefit clients through delivering a self-service offering…
Alter Domus to acquire IEA
Alter Domus, the Luxembourg-based provider of fund administration, debt capital markets and corporate services, continues its U.S. expansion with the acquisition of Investors Economic Assurance. This will add 22 specialists in alternative investment asset servicing and fund administration and more than USD54bn AuA. This is the third acquisition in North America for Alter Domus in…
Clearlake to buy Confluence from TA
Confluence Technologies, Inc., a U.S.-based software and data solutions provider to the investment management industry, has signed a definitive agreement for Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. to acquire the company from TA Associates. Upon closing of the transaction, Clearlake will become the majority shareholder while TA will retain a minority equity stake. Founded in 1991, Confluence…