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News/Mergers and acquisitions
Nomura has sold its Swedish technology outpost to local trading IT supplier Cinnober.
21 May 2012
Intedealer broker Icap has agreed to acquire loss-making Plus Stock Exchange, the smaller company equity exchange, for £1 in cash.
18 May 2012
Calypso and Cinnober will go head-to-head in a battle to win the contract to build a new clearing house for the London Metal Exchange.
17 May 2012
Icap is in talks with Plus Markets Group to acquire the distressed small cap market's equities exchange business "for a nominal sum".
Financial information vendor Markit has agreed to buy enterprise data management (EDM) specialist Cadis. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
09 May 2012
Nasdaq OMX Group has agreed to acquire BWise, an enterprise governance, risk management and compliance (GRC) software vendor. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
03 May 2012
European clearing house LCH.Clearnet has confirmed that it is in discussions to acquire International Derivatives Clearing Group (IDCG) from Nasdaq OMX as it bids to grow its interest rate swaps business in the US.
24 April 2012
UK exchange operator Plus Markets says it has had "a number of indicative proposals" since putting itself up for sale in February.
17 April 2012
Intuit has acquired Boston-based mobile commerce company AisleBuyer in a deal reported to be worth up to $100 million.
11 April 2012
McGraw-Hill unit S&P Capital IQ has acquired market data and trading technology vendor Quanthouse. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
03 April 2012
Google has acquired payments technology company TxVia for an undisclosed fee as it scrambles to give its Wallet service a much-needed shot in the arm. Meanwhile, the firm has lost Wallet co-founder Rob von Behren to rival Square.
CVC Capital Partners and ValueAct Capital have withdrawn from the race to take over Misys, leaving Vista Equity Partners as the sole surviving bidder for the UK-based banking software house.
02 April 2012
The Tokyo and London stock exchanges are bailing out on their joint venture market for growing companies in Japan, with the TSE agreeing to buy out its former partner.
27 March 2012
UK mobile money outfit Monitise has agreed a £109 million, all-share deal to buy privately-held US counterpart Clairmail.
26 March 2012
Orc Group, the Swedish trading systems firm recently acquired by private equity house Nordic capital, is to part company with its CEO and demerge previously acquired businesses Neonet and CameronTec.
22 March 2012
Deutsche Börse is to sue the European Commission over its decision to block a proposed $9 billion merger with Nyse Euronext.
20 March 2012
Having killed off a proposed merger with Temenos, core banking vendor Misys has agreed a £1.27 billion cash deal to be acquired by Vista Equity Partners.
19 March 2012
Connecticut-based fintech vendor SS&C Technologies appears to have won the battle for GlopeOp Financial Services with a 485 pence a share cash offer, trumping an earlier bid from TPG Capital.
14 March 2012
Swiss core banking vendor Temenos has pulled out of merger talks with Misys in the face of competition from two rival bidders for its British competitor.
12 March 2012
Green Dot, the US prepaid card outfit with designs on entering the retail banking market, has agreed a deal to buy Loopt, a location-based mobile rewards marketing specialist, in a cash deal worth $43.4 million.
09 March 2012
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