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Archive for Category: Press Release

Nov 18, 2009

Marlin & Associates adds former Chairman and CEO of Saxo Bank Asia, as a Senior Advisor

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Today we announced that Kevin Ashby has joined the firm’s investment banking advisory team as a Senior Advisor. He will be based in London, England. Mr. Ashby is a former partner at global accounting firm KPMG; an entrepreneur who formed and led WISe E–Commerce (successfully sold in 2001); was CEO of Patsystems Plc (AIM: PTS); Chairman of Anvil Software Ltd (London), (successfully sold in 2006); and most recently Chairman and CEO of Saxo Bank’s Asia Pacific capital markets business (Singapore). “We’re very pleased to have a professional as seasoned as Kevin Ashby join our team,” said Kenneth Marlin, Founder and Managing…

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Nov 9, 2009

Marlin & Associates Adds Senior Technology Banker, Afsaneh Naimollah, to Lead Its Technology Investment Banking Practice

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Today we announced that Afsaneh Naimollah has joined the firm’s investment banking advisory team as a Partner, based in New York City. For over twenty years, Ms. Naimollah has advised a wide range of multinational and middle–market technology–based clients. For ten of those years, Ms. Naimollah was Global Head of the Technology Group at Barclays Capital, where her team was represented in New York, San Francisco, London, Paris, Frankfurt, Tokyo and Taipei. Her clients have included companies in the broad based software, peripherals, distribution, electronics, satellites, hardware and medical technology industries. She will lead M&A?s activities in these areas. Ms.…

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Sep 22, 2009

NYSE Euronext Agrees to Sell Hugin Group to Thomson Reuters

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Today we announced that our client NYSE Euronext has signed an agreement to sell Hugin Group to Thomson Reuters. As part of the agreement, Thomson Reuters and NYSE Euronext will expand their strategic partnership toward offering value-added services to the issuer community. Based in Oslo, Norway, with offices in Paris, France, and Leipzig, Germany, Hugin has built its position as the leading pan-European provider of investor relations and press distribution services. Currently, Hugin helps over 1,700 companies in Europe to meet their communications and disclosure obligations. In recent years, Hugin has introduced solutions for the newly implemented EU regulatory framework and continues…

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Aug 3, 2009

Thomson Reuters Acquires M&A Client Vhayu Technologies

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Today we announced that Thomson Reuters has acquired our client, Vhayu Technologies. Vhayu, based in Los Gatos, CA, is a leading provider of high–speed data analysis solutions. The terms of the deal for privately–held Vhayu were undisclosed. Vhayu is the leading provider of enterprise tick data solutions with over 70 customers worldwide. Through its patented Velocity and Squeezer technologies, Vhayu combines software and hardware to provide significant competitive advantages by enabling faster and smarter trading decisions for financial firms concerned with the processing and storage of market data. Marlin & Associates helped manage the process, assisted in the negotiations and…

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May 22, 2009

Standard & Poor’s, A Division of McGraw-Hill, Sells Vista Research to Guidepoint Global

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Today we announced the sale of Vista Research to Guidepoint Global. Marlin & Associates initiated this transaction, helped manage the process, assisted in the negotiations and acted as exclusive strategic and financial advisor to Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw–Hill Companies. “We are pleased to have helped S&P to develop and evaluate strategic alternatives for Vista, and to advise them on this transaction,” said Ken Marlin, M&A’s managing partner. “Vista and Guidepoint are among the leading expert networks in the country. Their strengths are complementary, and the combination should bring considerable benefits to the customers and employees of…

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