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Archive for Author: Marlin & Associates

Oct 13, 2011

Marlin honored at the Middle Market International M&A Awards

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We were awarded the Middle Market International M&A “Deal of the Year” for advising Belgium-based S.W.I.F.T. SCRL (The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication)on its acquisition of Ambit Messaging Hub from SunGard. We were also finalists for advising on four other recent international transactions: SMARTS Group (Sydney, Australia), which we advised on its sale to NASDAQ OMX; Avox (Wrexham, United Kingdom), a majority-owned company of Deutsche Börse, which we advised on its sale to The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation ​(DTCC); iSuppli Corporation (El Segundo, California), which we advised on its sale to IHS; and Qatar Insurance Services (Doha, Qatar), which…

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Oct 5, 2011

Marlin & Associates: October Market Update

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Below is a link to our October 2011 Market Update. As you will see, it provides our sense of M&A values, activity and trends for the dozen plus technology, information and healthcare sectors that we follow. Click here for our Market Update There were several notable transactions in September, including: IBM agreed to acquire risk analytics software provider Algorithmics for $387M; Reed Elsevier agreed to acquire Accuity, which provides global payment routing data for £343M; GTCR agreed to acquire transaction processing software provider Fundtech for $353M, with the latter abandoning its plans to merge with S1 (originally announced in June);…

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Sep 20, 2011

Marlin & Associates’ Nominated as International Boutique Investment Bank of the Year

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This week, we found out that our firm has been nominated and is a finalist for International Boutique Investment Bank of the Year. We are also a finalist for several “Deal-of-the-Year” awards for US and cross-border transactions on which we advised. Additionally, I have been nominated as International Dealmaker of the Year. We are always pleased to be recognized for our hard work and satisfied clients. A link to the press release is below. We thought you might be interested. Click here to view the press release.

Sep 7, 2011

September Market Update Available

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Dear Clients & Friends, Below is a link to our September 2011 Market Update. As you will see, it provides our sense of M&A values, activity and trends for the dozen plus technology, information and healthcare sectors that we follow. Click here for our Market Update There were several sizable transactions in August, including: Hewlett Packard agreed to acquire UK information management software provider Autonomy for £6.2Bn; Datatel, Inc, a company that provides technology products to universities and SunGard Higher Education signed definitive agreements to combine their businesses and operate as one separate company in a $1.8Bn transaction sponsored by…

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Aug 8, 2011

August Market Update Available

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Below is a link to our latest Market Update.   As you will see, the active pace of m&a activity as well as relatively strong values continued this month for companies in most of the dozen plus technology, information and healthcare sectors that we follow. (Of course this was before last week’s market correction.) There were several interesting transactions completed in July, including: Blackstone Group acquired a controlling stake in Emdeon valued at $2.2Bn; CVC Capital acquired ConvergEx Group for a rumored $1.9Bn; Providence Equity Partners acquired Blackboard for $1.6Bn; Western Union acquired Travelex Global Business Payments (TGBP) for £606M; DST…

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