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Acquisitions News in the Professional And Financial sector: 2006
Thu, 14 Dec 2006:
Aquilo is to sell Aquilo Motor Services, the Northwich-based provider of motor claims management services, to Nationwide Accident Repair Services for ...
[more: Aquilo Motor Services]
Tue, 31 Oct 2006:
Catlin is to acquire Wellington Underwriting, the London-based insurance company, for £591m. The deal will create the biggest insurer on the Lloyd's of Lond...
[more: Wellington Underwriting]
Tue, 17 Oct 2006:
Wilmington Group has acquired Mercia Group, the Leicester-based accountancy training company with 70 staff, for up to £11.5m. Wilmington has acq...
[more: Mercia Group]
Mon, 16 Oct 2006:
Parasol, the Warrington-based accountancy outsourcing company with 80 staff, has undergone a £24m management buy-out and plans to expand its wor...
[more: Parasol]
Mon, 02 Oct 2006:
Seymour Pierce Ellis, the Crawley-based private client agency stockbroker with 21 staff, is to be acquired by Dowgate Capital for £4.6m. Neil Iv...
[more: Seymour Pierce Ellis]
Wed, 13 Sep 2006:
Nationwide is to acquire the Bournemouth-based Portman Building Society in a £1.2bn merger, creating a combined group with 827 branches.The merg...
[more: Portman Building Society]
Wed, 13 Sep 2006:
Teesland has acquired Partnership Incorporations, the operator of collective property investment schemes, for £2m. Teesland will pay £1.75...
[more: Partnership Incorporations]
Mon, 11 Sep 2006:
Erinaceous has acquired Keelan Westall, the Hampshire-based property insurance broker, for £19.7m. Erinaceous will acquire the company through i...
[more: Keelan Westall]
Tue, 05 Sep 2006:
RAB Capital is to acquire Northwest Investment Management, the London-based hedge fund manager, for up to £20.55m. The deal comprises a cash pay...
[more: Northwest Investment Management]
Wed, 09 Aug 2006:
Detica is to acquire M.A. International (m.a. partners), the management consultancy with 130 staff and offices in London and New York, for up to &poun...
[more: M.A. International]
Wed, 09 Aug 2006:
Pearson is to acquire Mergermarket, the provider of financial information to investment banks with offices in London, New York and Hong Kong, for &pou...
[more: Mergermarket]
Mon, 07 Aug 2006:
Computer Software Group has acquired Videss, the legal software developer with offices in Leeds and Swindon, for £7m. The consideration will be ...
[more: Videss]
Mon, 07 Aug 2006:
Metal Bulletin, the financial publisher, is to be acquired by Euromoney Institutional Investor for £221m. Euromoney's offer of 400 pence pe...
[more: Metal Bulletin]
Fri, 04 Aug 2006:
City Index is to acquire IFX, the financial spread betting company, for £58m. The 180 pence per share offer represents a premium of 15 per cent on IFX's share price on 25th April, when City's potential bid was announced. The two companies both operate in similar markets, with a strong presence in spread betting, but City Index is more established in contracts for difference while IFX is better known internationally, with a thriving foreign exchange operation. The combined group will have revenues of £60m and profits of £11.3m. As part of the deal, IFX group will be de-listed from the London Stock Exchange. City Index is owned by chief executive of ICAP and Conservative Part...
[more: IFX]
Mon, 17 Jul 2006:
Scott Tod, the Powys-based cash machines manufacturer, is to be acquired by a fund part-owned by Rutland Trust for £7.4m at 21p per share. Scott...
[more: Scott Tod]
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