The Central Bank of Ireland has approved the management buy-out of the Ireland business of Equity Trustees, the Australian administrator. As a result, the company will be renamed Gateway Fund Services Ltd, with Kevin Lavery as CEO. In 2023 EQT Holdings Limited, the ASX-listed holding company for Equity Trustees, reached an agreement to sell its…
Category: M&A
Apex buys in South Africa
Apex is to acquire IP Management Company (RF) (Pty) Ltd, a South African unit trust ManCo. IPMC is a collaboration between established financial services businesses, which compete and promote their products independently, but co-exist in a relationship within IPMC, creating a business with depth of resources and diversification of assets under administration. IPMC adds ZAR22bn…
Gen II completes Crestbridge acquisition
Gen II Fund Services, the U.S.-based independent private capital fund administrator, has closed the acquisition of Crestbridge, a UK-based provider of private capital fund administration services. The acquisition of Crestbridge expands Gen II’s presence in Luxembourg and adds jurisdictional reach in the UK, Jersey, Ireland, and other international markets, significantly broadening Gen II’s global service…
Rimes to be acquired by Five Arrows
Rimes, a provider of enterprise data management (EDM)-as-a-service and investment platform solutions, has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Five Arrows, the alternative assets arm of Rothschild & Co. Five Arrows targets category leading B2B data and software sectors across a focused set of end markets, including financial technology. Founded in 1996, Rimes…
Clearwater buys from Wilshire
Clearwater Analytics, a U.S.-based provider of SaaS-based investment management, accounting, reporting, and analytics solutions, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire risk and performance analytics solutions from Wilshire Advisors LLC. Specifically, Clearwater will acquire Wilshire Axiom, Wilshire Atlas, Wilshire Abacus, and Wilshire iQComposite, which provide fixed income analytics, equity analytics and performance measurement, accounting,…
iCapital to acquire Mirador
iCapital, the fintech platform supporting the world’s alternative investment marketplace for the wealth management industry, is to acquire Mirador, a provider of investment data aggregation and financial reporting across both alternative and traditional investments, Mirador’s services include consolidated financial reporting, private investment support, offline and alternative investment data management, K-1 document management, and compensation management…
Centralis to acquire YLP
Centralis, a Luxembourg-based alternative asset and corporate services provider, is to acquire YLP Group, a corporate services provider based in Luxembourg. YLP is an Ordre des Experts-Comptables licenced business that provides services to alternative fund clients, primarily real estate and private equity structures, as well as multinational corporates.
FundGuard raises USD100m
FundGuard, the cloud-native, AI-powered, multi-asset class investment accounting platform for asset managers, asset owners, custodians and fund administrators, has closed its Series C funding round, amounting to USD100m. This latest round of investment – led by Key1 Capital and new investors including Euclidean Capital and funds managed by Hamilton Lane – also had participation from…
Trident buys in Asia
Trident Trust has acquired Tricor IAG Fund Administration Group (TIAG), a small provider of fund administration services to Asian private equity and venture capital funds. Formed in 2013 as a joint venture between Tricor and IAG Group, TIAG has operations in Singapore and Hong Kong, and provides fund administration solutions to a broad range of…
Alter Domus secures new investment
Alter Domus, the Luxembourg-based provider of fund administration, private debt, and corporate services for the alternative investment industry, has secured new investment from Cinven, a private equity firm. The transaction gives Alter Domus an enterprise value of EUR4.9bn (USD5.3bn). The founders of Alter Domus and Permira, the existing PE investor, will continue to be significant…