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Manulife Investment Management to acquire alternative credit manager, CQS

The TRADE

Manulife Investment Management is set to acquire multi-sector alternative credit manager CQS for an undisclosed sum with the deal set to close in early 2024. Following close, Manulife is set to align the CQS brand with its own as a co-branded logo – Manulife | CQS Investment Management.

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BNP Paribas to pay €5.1 billion for AXA Investment Managers in trillion-dollar asset management JV

The TRADE

BNP Paribas has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of AXA Investment Managers – representing around €850 million in assets under management – for just over €5 billion. The deal is set to include an agreement for BNP Paribas’ long term management of a large part of AXA’s assets.

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Federated Hermes’ head of Europe quits investment management after 35 years to pursue technology venture

The TRADE

According to an update on his social media, Rutherford is departing the investment management industry after 35 years to take on a more active role in Smartframe Technologies, a venture which he has been chairman of for six years. Smartframe uses streaming technology to offer better control around publishing images online. “I

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BNY Mellon launches new FX platform to help manage execution and access to price transparency

The TRADE

BNY Mellon has launched a new foreign exchange (FX) platform, meeting client demands to manage execution across their entire portfolio and access improved price transparency. Named Universal FX, the platform supports BNY Mellon clients across all market segments, including investment managers, corporates, hedge funds and wealth managers.

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Portman Ridge Finance Corporation and Logan Ridge Finance Corporation Enter into Merger Agreement

Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

Combined Entity Will be Managed by Sierra Crest Investment Management, LLC, an Affiliate of BC Partners Advisors L.P. Companies to Host a Joint Conference.

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UK ministers urged to intervene if Australian bank takes 100% of gas business

The Guardian: Mergers & Acquisitions

A consortium comprised of Macquarie Asset Management and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation completed the acquisition of 60% of the equity in National Grid’s gas transmission and meter business in January, in a deal which valued the business at £7.5bn.

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FINBOURNE Technology raises £55 million in Series B funding round

The TRADE

The move follows a Series A finding round of £15 million in 2021, with this latest investment set to fund the firm’s commercial development, including expanding its sales, product and marketing capabilities in the US, UK, Ireland, Singapore and Australia.

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