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Archive for Tag: Sell-side Acquisition

Nov 2, 2010

IHS to Acquire iSuppli Corporation

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IHS Inc. (NYSE:IHS), a leading global source of critical information and insight, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire our client, iSuppli Corporation, the global leader in technology value chain research and advisory services. The transaction is expected to be completed on or before November 15, 2010. iSuppli is the global leader in electronics technology research and advisory services serving a wide variety of market segments including computer platforms, automotive, consumer electronics and both wired and wireless communications. Product offerings range from electronic component research to device-specific application market forecasts, from teardown analysis to consumer electronics, and from…

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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 1, 2010

Deutsche Börse Sells its majority interest in Avox to Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC)

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Today Marlin & Associates client Deutsche Börse sold its majority interest in Avox to Depository Trust & Clearing Coproration. Avox cleanses and maintains reference information on legal entities and counterparties needed by financial services to support operational, risk management and regulatory compliance activities, including know your customer and anti-money laundering reporting. The firm’s automated, centralised corporate database resource holds information on the legal name, address, corporate hierarchies, immediate and ultimate parent, industry sector codes, company identifiers, and regulator information applicable to these companies. It counts Citi, Barclays, Nomura International, Standard Bank, Mizuho, Allianz, Eurex, Swift, Mitsubishi UFJ and Royal Bank of Canada

Jun 11, 2010

Invictus Financial Sells Operating Company

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Today our client Invictus Financial Inc announced that the company has sold its operating business “Stockgroup Media Inc.” to a group led by current management. The terms include the assumption by the management group of approximately $1.5 million in negative working capital and approximately $2.1 million in vendor liabilities. In September 2008 the company hired Marlin & Associates to review all strategic scenarios for the company including a sale. The financial market collapse in late 2008 led to a significant decline in the Company’s business. Even with significant cost cutting efforts and negotiations with vendors over the past year and a…

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