State Street Corp. is acquiring the custody, accounting, fund administration, global markets, and technology services of private bank Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. — known as BBH’s Investor Services business — for $3.5 billion in cash in a major bid to become the top provider in the investment servicing industry. The firms report that they… Read More >>
Broadridge Acquires Itiviti for $2.5 Billion
Post-trade provider Broadridge Financial Solutions will be able to offer front-to-back-office systems and networking via its acquisition of vendor Itiviti Holding AB for approximately $2.5 billion from Nordic Capital. The all-cash transaction is valued at €2.143 billion and will add trading and connectivity technology offerings to the list of systems that Broadridge offers, officials say…. Read More >>
Wipro Buys Capco for $1.45 Billion
Acquisition Expected to Close by June 30 The London-based Capco, a financial services and technology consultancy, will become part of Wipro Ltd., the Bangalore-based global IT and services provider as a result of a $1.45 billion acquisition. The agreement will enable Wipro to offer “digital, consulting and technology services to financial institutions in the Americas,… Read More >>
CMA Rethinking Veto of the FNZ-GBST Merger
The unraveling of the GBST-FNZ merger has been put on hold as FNZ is getting a second hearing before the U.K. regulator that ordered FNZ to divest itself of the back-office technology provider, which it purchased in 2019. Toward the end of last year, FNZ challenged the order of the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) by… Read More >>
FNZ Takes Aim at GBST Merger Ban
Wealth management vendor FNZ’s controversial takeover of GBST is back in the news as FNZ is responding to the initial decision by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to block the acquisition. At the same time, GBST appears to be willing to accept the U.K. regulator’s findings. In a provisional finding, the CMA earlier this… Read More >>
Smarsh Acquires Entreda to Bolster Cybersecurity Support
Electronic communications archiving vendor Smarsh will be able to bolster its cybersecurity risk and compliance offerings to broker-dealers, registered investment advisors (RIAs) and banks via its acquisition of Entreda, maker of a platform that unifies these services. Smarsh offers archiving and compliance support for email, social media, text messaging, instant messaging, websites, and voice. Through… Read More >>
Temenos Offers to Buy Fidessa for $1.96 Billion
Temenos and Fidessa announced February 21 that their governing boards reached agreement on an all-cash $1.96 billion (£1.4 billion) acquisition whereby Temenos will own Fidessa via the subsidiary Temenos Bidco in an effort to capitalize on “a huge opportunity to combine the complementary product strengths” of the two vendors. The agreement specifies that Fidessa shareholders… Read More >>
