Merger & Acquisition News

BEDMINSTER, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zelis, a leading payments company in healthcare, today announced the completion of its previously announced acquisition of Sapphire Digital....

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Funds advised by Searchlight Capital Partners, L.P. (“Searchlight”), a leading global private investment firm, today announced a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in Integrated Power Services (“IPS” or the “Company”), a leader in industrial aftermarket services. Searchlight acquired the Company from funds advised by Odyssey Investment Partners, LLC (“Odyssey”). Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Greenville, S...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--VTS, the commercial real estate industry’s (CRE) leading leasing, marketing, asset management, and tenant experience platform, today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Lane, the workplace experience platform used by several top landlords including Brookfield, Oxford, and Hines. With the acquisition, VTS has now invested hundreds of millions of dollars in tenant experience, more than all other proptech companies combined. The acquisition will strengt...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dialpad acquires Koopid, adding comprehensive omnichannel support, including chat, messaging, self-service and social media to Dialpad Contact Center....

RICHMOND, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Harris Williams, a global investment bank specializing in M&A advisory services, announces it advised Agape Care Group (Agape Care), a portfolio company of The Vistria Group (Vistria), on its sale to Ridgemont Equity Partners (Ridgemont). Agape Care is a leader in hospice and palliative care in the Southeast. The transaction was led by James Clark, Taylor Will and Jonathan Ferrell of the Harris Williams Healthcare & Life Sciences (HCLS) Group. “The qualit...

NEWARK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PGIM Investments has entered into an agreement to acquire Green Harvest Asset Management LLC, a separately managed account (SMA) platform....

DENVER & MOUNT KISCO, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Partners Group, a leading global private markets firm, and Kohlberg & Company ("Kohlberg"), a New York-based investment firm with more than 30 years of private equity experience, have jointly acquired BluSky Restoration Contractors ("BluSky" or "the Company"), a leading US provider of restoration services for commercial, industrial, healthcare, and multifamily real estate, on behalf of their clients. Kohlberg and Partners Group acquired equal equ...

NEW YORK & DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc. (f/k/a Benefit Street Partners Realty Trust, Inc.) (“FBRT” or the “Company”) and Capstead Mortgage Corporation (NYSE: CMO) (“Capstead”) today announced the completion of their previously announced merger pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 25, 2021, as amended by the First Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 22, 2021 (as amended, the “Merger Agreement”), by an...

NEW YORK & DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc. (f/k/a Benefit Street Partners Realty Trust, Inc.) (“FBRT” or the “Company”) and Capstead Mortgage Corporation (NYSE: CMO) (“Capstead”) today announced the completion of their previously announced merger pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 25, 2021, as amended by the First Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 22, 2021 (as amended, the “Merger Agreement”), by an...

NEW YORK & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI) and IHS Markit (NYSE: INFO) today provided the following update regarding the decision by the UK Competition and Markets Authority ('CMA') that the merger of S&P Global and IHS Markit does not raise potential competition concerns, except in relation to certain commodity and petrochemical price assessments in the UK. To address the CMA’s potential concerns, S&P Global and IHS Markit have previously discussed the divestiture...