Archive for Tag: Buy-side Acquisition

Today our client, Qatar Insurance Services LLC, owner of Qatarlyst S.P.C., the technology-based insurance and reinsurance trade fulfillment system based in Doha, Qatar completed its previously announced acquisition of RI3K, the London-based pioneer and innovator of technology that supports paperless transactions for the commercial insurance and reinsurance industry.  It is an honor to have been selected to provide strategic and financial advice to a Qatari sovereign firm on an international acquisition that they have called ‘transformational,’  This transaction highlights our extensive experience in the financial technology arena; our strong strategic capabilities and our significant international execution capabilities. The press release…

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Today we announced that our client, iSuppli Corporation, the global leader in technology value chain research and advisory services, has acquired UK-based Screen Digest and also has itself been acquired by IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS). “We were pleased to advise iSuppli on this complex transaction”  The combination of these two firms and their subsequent merger with IHS makes for a truly powerful global market intelligence organization.  The press release can be found at http://www.isuppli.com/Semiconductor-Value-Chain/News/Pages/IHS-Closes-Acquisition-of-iSuppli-Corporation.aspx

Today, our client, Qatar Insurance Services LLC, owner of Qatarlyst S.P.C., the technology-based insurance and reinsurance trade fulfillment system based in Doha, announce that it has acquired RI3K, the London based pioneer and innovator of technology that supports paperless transactions for the commercial insurance and reinsurance industry. This is a transformational deal for Qatarlyst, expanding its international reach and enhancing its service offering to London and beyond, creating additional opportunities for growth and providing a quantum leap in the number of members served to over 330, whilst more than doubling its headcount to over 45. We were pleased to advise…

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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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Today Marlin & Associates client Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSK)  announced the acquisition of Strategic Analytics, a leading provider of credit risk and capital management solutions to consumer and mortgage lenders. As part of the Interthinx business unit of Verisk Analytics, Strategic Analytics will provide customers advanced solutions and professional services critical to loss forecasting and the stability of the U.S. residential mortgage market. Through Strategic Analytics, Interthinx will offer various mortgage risk analytics products. The Mortgage Risk ModelTM (MRM) gives retail lenders access to a comprehensive mortgage loan-level database – incorporating the vast majority of non-agency loans for the…

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