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Archive for Author: Marlin & Associates

Aug 16, 2010

Bringing the Government Printing Office into the digital world

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Today our George Beckerman was quoted in a discussion of digitized documents by the Washington Post. When Mike Wash left his private-sector job in 2004 to join the federal government, he had a big job ahead of him: put government online for the American people. As Chief Information Officer for the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), Wash has fulfilled this vision, leading the charge to digitize federal documents, which number in the tens of millions, so that they are easier to access by the American people. George Beckerman of Marlin & Associates, a strategic advisory firm whose clients make use…

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Aug 2, 2010

Nasdaq Deal Puts Surveillance in Spotlight

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Today our firm was mentioned as the advisor to SMARTS Group in a discussion of its impending sale to Nasdaq OMS by Institutional Investor. Nasdaq OMX Group has agreed to acquire Smarts Group, a long-established leader in the market surveillance technology that is becoming increasingly critical in rooting out illegal or improper exchange and brokerage transactions. The July 27 agreement, for undisclosed terms, will add what Nasdaq describes as “the most proven and widely adopted surveillance solutions in the world” to the offerings of the Nasdaq market technology business, which has more than 70 exchange and other securities-infrastructure customers in…

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Jul 27, 2010

NASDAQ OMX Acquires SMARTS

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The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) has signed an agreement to acquire our client, SMARTS Group, the world-leading technology provider of market surveillance solutions to exchanges, regulators and brokers. This acquisition is part of NASDAQ OMX’s strategy to diversify its commercial technology business and enter the broker surveillance and compliance market. SMARTS will be part of the NASDAQ OMX Market Technology business, which delivers technology to over 70 marketplaces in more than 50 countries. Under the agreement NASDAQ OMX will acquire 100 percent of the shares in privately held SMARTS Group Holdings. The transaction is expected to be concluded within…

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Jul 22, 2010

Partner Maxworthy Recognized as one of the Leading Young M&A Professionals Under 40

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Today our Michael (Max) Maxworthy has been recognized by The M&A Advisor as one of the leading 40 M&A, Financing and Turnaround professionals who have made great accomplishments before their 40th year. Maxworthy was chosen for his accomplishments and expertise from a pool of international nominees by an independent judging panel of distinguished business leaders. “I am pleased to recognize Michael Maxworthy as a winner of our inaugural awards and bestow upon him The M&A Advisor’s highest individual achievement,” said Roger Aguinaldo, CEO and founder of The M&A Advisor. “We’ve been recognizing transactions and teams for their achievements over the…

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Jul 19, 2010

SWIFT Acquires Ambit Messaging Hub from SUNGARD

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Today our client SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) and SunGard announced the planned acquisition by SWIFT of the assets of SunGard’s Ambit Messaging Hub (AMH) solution for high-volume financial messaging. The acquisition extends SWIFT’s connectivity portfolio as Ambit Messaging Hub is a modular, multi-network, high-volume financial messaging solution that can be tailored to an individual customer’s needs with associated services. The solution will be marketed by SWIFT as AMH (Advanced Messaging Hub). SWIFT is already firmly established as a recognised supplier of interfaces for low, medium and high volumes with its Alliance product suite. The Alliance portfolio will…

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