Spotlight
Spotlight
An archive of past spotlight issues.
The martinwolf team tracks noteworthy mergers and acquisitions, and offers
commentary on issues that impact our industry.
05 Feb 2015
SS&C Acquires Advent Software for $2.6 Billion
Financial services firm SS&C Technologies (Nasdaq:SSNC) entered into an agreement earlier this week to acquire Advent Software (Nasdaq:ADVS), a financial services software provider...
04 Feb 2015
Staples to Buy Office Depot
Office supply superstore Staples, Inc. (Nasdaq:SPLS) announced this morning that it was acquiring competitor Office Depot (Nasdaq:ODP) for an implied enterprise value of $6.7...
13 Jan 2015
martinwolf’s 18th Anniversary
Dear Clients, Partners and Friends, Today is a very special day for our firm: our 18th anniversary. In recognition of this, I'd like to take this to acknowledge...
23 Dec 2014
Happy Holidays – martinwolf Annual Letter
As we begin to close out the firm’s 18th year of operation and start looking forward to 2015, I’d like to take this last opportunity to take a look back...
19 Dec 2014
Xerox Sells IT Outsourcing Business to Atos for 1.05 Billion
Silicon Valley stalwart Xerox (NYSE:XRX) announced late Thursday that it was selling its IT Outsourcing business to Atos (EURONEXT PARIS:ATO) for $1.05 billion...
15 Dec 2014
BAE Systems Completes Acquisition of SilverSky
British multinational defense company BAE Systems (LSE:BA), a British multinational defense and security company with an enterprise value of $23.5B, announced today that it...
01 Dec 2014
Presidio Acquired by Apollo Global Management
IT Solution Provider Presidio has been acquired by private equity firm Apollo Global Management for an undisclosed amount. While financial information for the transaction was not...
07 Nov 2014
CDW Acquires Minority Stake in Kelway for $380 Million
IT Solution Provider CDW (Nasdaq:CDW) announced yesterday it had acquired 35 percent of privately-held UK-based solution provider Kelway, with the ability to acquire the...
06 Nov 2014
Internet Security Firms Accuvant and FishNet Security To Merge
Internet security firms Accuvant and FishNet Security announced yesterday that the two companies would merge, with Accuvant investor Blackstone (NYSE:BX) retaining majority ownership in...