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Brunswick Group represents Nasdaq as it agrees to pay $10.5B in cash and stock to acquire the Adenza software business of Thoma Bravo, which relies on FGS Global for its media relations duties.
Adenza is the result of the combination of the Calypso and AxiomSL brands.
Calypso serves capital market companies' treasury, risk and collateral management workflows.
AxiomSL provides regulatory and compliance software to the financial services market.
The Adenza platform bolsters Nasdaq’s marketplace technology and anti-financial crime solutions offering.
Adena Friedman, Nasdaq CEO, said the deal enhances the company’s “position at the heart of the global financial system.”
The transaction is expected to close within the next six to nine months.
Thoma Bravo has $127B in assets as of management.
Longacre Square Partners represents Ancora Holdings as it urges the board of Big Yellow Group to conduct a strategic review of the UK’s No. 1 self-storage company.
Kekst CNC handles Getty Images as it begins a prepackaged Chapter 11 reorganization and receives a commitment from Koch Equity Development and the Getty family to invest $533M in the visual content company.
As capital concentrates among established firms, emerging managers must find new ways to earn investor confidence.
Teneo handles True Food Kitchen as the Scottsdale, AZ-based wellness food restaurant chain that counts Oprah Winfrey as a minority investor files for Chapter 11.
FGS Global and Teneo represent Canada’s billionaire Weston family as its Wittington Investments holding company acquires Boots Group, the 177-year-old UK health & beauty retailer, from Sycamore Partners for $8.9B.
