Archive for: July 30, 2015

Earlier this week, McGraw Hill Financial (“MHFI”) announced its intention to acquire Charlottesville, Virginia-based SNL Financial (“SNL”) for $2.225 billion. The sellers included New Mountain Capital, which acquired 60% of SNL Financial in July 2011, Reid Nagle (founder) and other members of SNL management. We see this as a very strategic transaction for MHFI. SNL Financial has a number of very deep industry specific data sets with accompanying analytics that are unique in the market data sector. SNL began by providing in-depth data related to the U.S. savings and loan industry (hence the name ‘SNL’). The company’s products enabled specific…

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A few weeks ago The Suit, an online magazine, interviewed our founder, Ken Marlin, for their July issue. They focused on the many ways in which my 10 years as a Marine shaped the way my firm approaches business in general and the m&a process in particular. As noted in the article, it is all about focus, expertise, commitment, and developing smart people who use repeatable approaches to problem solving. That is a disciplined approach that I learned as a Marine and one that we practice at our firm. Our approach works. That is why Marlin & Associates is one…

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