Alliances, Mergers & Acquisitions
R.J. O’Brien Announces Acquisition of GFI Subsidiary Kyte Group
US brokerage and clearing firm to take ownership of derivatives clearing agent.
ClearStructure Adds Fitch Ratings to Sentry Portfolio Management Platform
Agreement will give ClearStructure's clients access to Fitch's fixed income ratings.
GlobalRisk Integrates Interactive Data Content for Real-Time Risk Exposure
New service combines GlobalRisk's FirmRisk software with data from IDC's Consolidated Feed.
Markit Buys Lloyds' Halifax Housing Index
Vendor will use the index to create financial products based on the UK housing market, officials say.
Velocimetrics Integrates AHA Accelerated Data Compression with TipOff Latency Tech
More efficient data capture, compression and storage will help reduce datacenter costs.
Cronos Consultants Extends Misys Partnership, Joins InFusion Programme
Partnership to focus on integration improvements and cost reduction.
MVS Eyes Expansion After Acquisition by Platts
Vendor will leverage Platts' resources to grow its commodities data business.
TT Integrates Fundamental Analytics Data, Tools
Officials say combining price and fundamental data will allow clients to identify new trading opportunities.
BT's El Kabbany Elaborates on Extension of Deal with NBAD
BT Global Services managing director says firm will help bank's expansion in other international branches.
Temenos Acquires Fund Administrator Multifonds
Temenos broadens its banking software portfolio with Multifonds acquisition.
DE Shaw, Blackstone Upend Post-Trade for Alternatives, Eye Broader AM Space Next
Arcesium deal set for big results.
Infinancials Eyes US Expansion with Airex Partnership
Airex partnership will help Infinancials develop its branding and recognition as the vendor looks to establish itself in the US market.
Platts Acquires Metals Data Provider Minerals Value Service
Platts already held a stake in MVS, and will now take over the entire operations.
DE Shaw, BAAM Partner to Found Post-Trade Technology Firm
New joint company Arcesium to be led be DE Shaw's Suri
NZX, S&P DJI Ink Index Deal
Officials say the deal to create new investable benchmarks will open the New Zealand market to new investor opportunities.
Bloomberg Adds Genscape Data
Deal will make Genscape's commodities and energy supply and demand data available to Bloomberg terminal users.
Deutsche Bank Partners With HP for Data Center Services
Firms sign multibillion dollar agreement for 10 years.
RBC Joins EBS Direct
Firm is first Canadian liquidity provider to join.
Xignite, MSCI Ally for Cloud-based Index Data Distribution
The deal represents the first time that MSCI index data will be available via Xignite's data cloud.
BGC, GFI Reach Acquisition Agreement
End of takeover saga in sight as GFI accepts tender offer
GFI Stockholders on Brink of BGC Acquisition Threshold
Final tenders required by tonight's deadline
CameronTec Closes Lasalletech Acquisition
Collaboration focused on messaging infrastructure tools for capital markets.
ACA Compliance Acquires Aponix, Boosts Cyber
Firm completes second buy in four months.
Wall Street Horizon Taps TMX Datalinx to Sell Event Data Worldwide
The deal will allow WSH to extend its reach and TMX Datalinx to grow its product set