TechCrunch: M&A

AUGUST 18, 2023

announced this morning its acquisition of Boxed.com and “other intellectual property portfolios and affiliates” in an all-cash transaction. In 2021, Boxed completed a reverse merger, acquiring Seven Oaks Acquisition in a $900 million SPAC deal in order to begin trading on the NYSE under the ticker symbol BOXD.

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The TRADE

JUNE 24, 2024

Before joining MEAG, Malakis held senior sales positions with international asset managers, including Generali Insurance, Vanguard International and Schroders. Before joining MEAG in 2021, George worked at the multi-family office Novethos and previously held positions at various banks and private banks.

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The TRADE

JULY 12, 2024

Asia-based insurance giant AIA Group has selected BNY and BlackRock to provide a front-to-back investment platform, supporting the firm’s long-term investment programme. The partnership was then extended in 2021 to give clients greater freedom of choice around middle-office services.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 22, 2025

I was there through 2015, then Bank of America, before I joined Conversant Capital in early 2021. We have a lot of go-getters on the investment team which I love. There’s a very healthy dialogue at all times at both the portfolio-level and the position-level. What workflows are ripe for more automation?

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Chicago-based head of US trading at Legal and General Investment Management (LGIM) Ryan Raymond has seen enough economic turmoil during his career to know what to do when markets turn volatile. Chicago is a very small community and so I knew most of the portfolio managers and management at LGIM America before I came over.

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The TRADE

JUNE 19, 2023

Catton joined BlackRock in 2021 from Banco Santander where he had been a credit trader for four and a half years. Prior to that, he spent six and a half years at State Street Global Markets in a portfolio solutions role. Previously, Williams served as an investment account manager at Northern Trust.

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Growth Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

The fund does state that it will invest €0.25m to €15m over a company’s lifetime. Force Over Mass Force Over Mass has invested in over 175 tech companies at seed and growth stage. Notion Capital VC firm focused on European SaaS and cloud with more than $700m assets under management and more than Series A 100 investments to date.

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