Custodian giant State Street Corp. is moving to acquire investment software vendor Charles River Development (CRD) for $2.6 billion and plans to combine CRD’s front- and middle-office software as a service (SaaS) offerings with State Street’s technology to create a more comprehensive transaction processing system, tailored to new buy-side demands. The $2.6 billion acquisition will… Read More >>
State Street Finalizes $485M Purchase of GEAM
State Street has closed the deal for its $485 million acquisition of GE Asset Management (GEAM), a divestiture from General Electric Company, and the giant asset manager/custodian has begun the transition of GEAM’s $100 billion in assets under management, officials say. The total purchase price of up to $485 million is “expected to be accretive… Read More >>
