Franklin Templeton has announced the acquisition of leading European credit and private debt manager Alcentra from BNY Mellon in a move that will significantly expand the US-based global investment group’s activities in the fast-growing global alternative credit space.

SEI has acquired Novus Partners (Novus), a global portfolio intelligence platform company, designed to expand SEI’s capabilities for both the institutional investor and investment management markets.

Further to the announcement on 12 April 2021, Columbia Threadneedle Investments (Columbia Threadneedle), part of Ameriprise Financial (NYSE:AMP), has completed the acquisition of Bank of Montreal’s EMEA asset management business (BMO GAM (EMEA)).

Trading Technologies International, (TT), a global provider of high-performance professional trading software, infrastructure and data solutions, is to be acquired by 7RIDGE, a specialised growth equity firm invested in transformative technologies.

Apex Group has completed the acquisition of Mainstream Group Holdings Limited (Mainstream) following approvals from Mainstream’s shareholders, the Federal Court of Australia and regulators.

RIMES, a global strategic data partner for asset managers, asset owners and service providers, is to acquire Matrix IDM, an Australia-based investment data management platform, for an undisclosed sum. 

SEI has acquired Finomial, an investor lifecycle management firm offering cloud-native financial technology. The technology is expected to be added to SEI’s existing investor-focused platforms to further enhance automation and digitisation capabilities, as well as reporting and transparency. 

Schroders is to acquire River and Mercantile Group’s UK Solutions Division consisting of its fiduciary management and derivatives businesses. The transaction is valued at approximately GBP230 million. 

West Realm Shire Services Inc (FTX US), a US-regulated cryptocurrency exchange, has finalised its acquisition of Ledger Holdings Inc, parent company of LedgerX LLC (LedgerX).

ComplySci, a provider of regulatory technology and compliance solutions for the financial services sector, has launched an M&A growth strategy with the acquisition of National Regulatory Services (NRS), an provider of compliance consulting services and technology solutions for investment advisers, broker-dealers, hedge funds, private equity firms, insurers and other financial services firms.