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Towers Watson to Acquire EMB

GRC Announcements November 10, 2010

Towers Watson, a global professional services company, announced on Nov. 10 the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire property & casualty consulting and software company, EMB. The completion of the transaction, expected within the next three months, is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals.“The EMB acquisition furthers...

IBM Aquires Clarity Systems

GRC Announcements October 22, 2010

IBM has acquired Clarity Systems, a privately-held company based in Toronto, Canada. Financial terms were not disclosed. Clarity Systems delivers financial governance software that enables organizations to automate the process of collecting, preparing, certifying and controlling financial statements for electronic filing. To reduce the risks of potential error and the...

CA Technologies Completes Arcot Systems Acquisition

GRC Announcements October 06, 2010

CA Technologies announced on Oct. 5 that it has completed the acquisition of privately-held Arcot Systems for $200 million in an all-cash transaction. Full details on acquisition, announced in August, can be found here. The acquisition of Arcot adds visionary technology for fraud prevention and advanced authentication to CA Technologies...

Thomson Reuters Acquires Serengeti Law

GRC Announcements October 06, 2010

Thomson Reuters announced that it has acquired Serengeti Law, an electronic billing provider for corporate legal departments. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Serengeti Tracker provides the data and analytic tools to enable legal departments to efficiently track, control, manage, analyze and report on legal activities worldwide. The business will...

Marcum Merges With Stonefield Josephson

GRC Announcements October 04, 2010

Independent public accounting and advisory services firm, Marcum, has announced its merger with Los Angeles, Calif.-based Stonefield Josephson, a full-service, international accounting firm. As a result of the merger, Stonefield Josephson will change its name to MarcumStonefield. Stonefield Josephson, founded in 1975, serves both public- and privately-held U.S. and international...

IBM Acquires Netezza

GRC Announcements September 24, 2010

IBM in a press release dated Sept. 20 announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Netezza, an analytics provider based in Marlborough, Mass., in a cash transaction at a price of $27 per share or at a net price of approximately $1.7 billion, after adjusting for...

Wolters Kluwer Financial Services Acquires FRSGlobal

GRC Announcements September 24, 2010

Wolters Kluwer Financial Services, a comprehensive regulatory compliance and risk management business, has acquired FRSGlobal, a Brussels-based global financial regulatory reporting and risk management business, from The Carlyle Group and growth equity investor Kennet Partners. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. FRSGlobal’s solutions enable international financial institutions to...

IBM to Acquire OpenPages

GRC Announcements September 15, 2010

Business software giant IBM is acquiring OpenPages, one of the most notable independent GRC software vendors to emerge in the post-Sarbanes-Oxely era.IBM and OpenPages announced the sale Sept. 15. Financial terms were not disclosed. The two companies have already collaborated on various software products in the past, mostly in the...

3M to Acquire Cogent Systems

GRC Announcements August 31, 2010

3M announced on Aug. 30 it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Cogent Systems. The proposed transaction has an aggregate value of approximately $943 million, or approximately $430 million net of cash acquired. Cogent provides finger, palm, face and iris biometric systems for governments, law enforcement agencies, and...

SAI Global Buys Integrity Interactive

GRC Announcements July 30, 2010

SAI Global, a governance, risk, and compliance solutions provider, has agreed to acquire Integrity Interactive, a compliance and ethics solutions provider. The acquisition is still subject to U.S. regulatory approval. Integrity Interactive helps some of the world’s largest companies build and maintain ethical cultures, reduce legal risk and enhance business...

RegScan Acquires Pilko Checkpoint Audit Protocols

GRC Announcements July 19, 2010

RegScan, a provider of online tools that provide easy access and interpretation of regulatory data, announced that it has acquired all the products and assets of Pilko Checkpoint Audit Protocols, a tool for compliance with energy sector regulations. "We plan to expand the value, ease of use, and improve tailoring...

OneAmerica to Acquire McCready and Keene

GRC Announcements June 29, 2010

OneAmerica Financial Partners has agreed to acquire Indianapolis-based McCready and Keene, an independent actuarial and consulting firm specializing in the design and administration of retirement plans. The transaction is scheduled to close on July 1. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Founded in 1933, McCready and Keene manages more than...

NACD to Acquire Directorship

GRC Announcements June 07, 2010

The National Association of Corporate Directors has announced its intent to acquire the assets of Directorship, which include NACD Directorship Magazine, www.directorship.com, the Global Boardroom Forum and the Directorship 100 Forum. The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of June 2010. Terms of the deal were not...

Clifton Gunderson Acquires Three New Firms

GRC Announcements June 02, 2010

Public accounting and consulting firm, Clifton Gunderson, has announced its acquisition of international tax consulting services firm, U.S. Tax Advantage (USTA), effective as of May 1. Through this acquisition, Clifton Gunderson has added 14 tax professionals to the firm, including partner Mark Gasbarra, who joins the firm as managing partner...

Navigant Consulting Acquires Daylight Forensic & Advisory

GRC Announcements May 18, 2010

Navigant Consulting announced that it has acquired Daylight Forensic & Advisory, an international regulatory consulting and investigative firm.Daylight Forensic & Advisory, headquartered in New York, was founded in 2006 by CEO Ellen Zimiles, and Chief Operating Officer Joseph Spinelli. Zimiles has more than 25 years of litigation and investigation experience,...

SAP to Acquire TechniData AG

GRC Announcements April 23, 2010

SAP has announced its intent to acquire TechniData AG, a provider of product safety and environmental health solutions. Through this acquisition, SAP intends to expand its product portfolio as well as its market and thought leadership in sustainability.Based in Markdorf, Germany, TechniData has been a strategic SAP partner for more...

MSCI to Acquire RiskMetrics Group

GRC Announcements March 01, 2010

MSCI, a global provider of investment decision support tools, and RiskMetrics Group, a provider of risk-management and corporate governance products and services to the global financial community, jointly announced March 1 that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement whereby MSCI will be acquiring RiskMetrics.The transaction will unite such...

Iron Mountain Acquires Mimosa Systems

GRC Announcements February 22, 2010

Iron Mountain, an information management services company, has acquired Santa Clara, Calif.-based Mimosa Systems, a provider of enterprise-class content archiving solutions. The deal provides Iron Mountain with an integrated archive for e-mail and files and gives the company an on-premises archiving option to complement its existing cloud-based archives.Mimosa NearPoint is...

Infosec Island Acquires Security News Portal

GRC Announcements January 19, 2010

Infosec Island, the new online community designed especially for IT and network professionals who manage information security, risk, and compliance issues, today acquired Information-Security-Resources.com, an online news portal addressing security issues.ISR brings a number of authors to Infosec Island, who will regularly offer their experience and broad set of security...

EMC Corporation to Acquire Archer

GRC Announcements January 04, 2010

EMC Corporation, a global provider of information infrastructure solutions, has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Archer Technologies, a privately-held provider of governance, risk, and compliance software.The combination of Archer with EMC's RSA Security Division will significantly extend EMC's powerful solutions portfolio for visualizing and managing...

Twitter Buys Mixer Labs to Track Tweets

GRC Announcements December 31, 2009

Social networking site Twitter announced that it has recently acquired geolocation services provider Mixer Labs to allow Twitter users to tag the location of where a message was written.Mixer Labs, a start-up company founded by two former Google employees, developed a location-tracking tool called GeoAPI. Developers will be able to...

Thomson Reuters to Acquire Sabrix

GRC Announcements November 16, 2009

Thomson Reuters, a global source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, has announced that its Tax & Accounting business has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Sabrix, a global provider of transaction tax management software applications and related services."This acquisition fulfills our vision of delivering a comprehensive global solution...

Thomson Reuters to Acquire Abacus Software From Deloitte

GRC Announcements September 14, 2009

Thomson Reuters has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Abacus Enterprise suite of products and related business operations from Deloitte.The Abacus suite of products helps corporations and their advisers plan, comply, and remit income taxes and value-added taxes. Based in London, the business offers software products to customers in...

Computershare Acquires National City's Transfer Agency

GRC Announcements August 04, 2009

Computershare Limited, a financial services provider for the global securities industry, has acquired the transfer agent business of National City Bank, a subsidiary of The PNC Financial Services Group.National City is a provider of transfer agent services to approximately 155 companies and their 500,000 registered shareholders. The acquisition of National...

Thomson Reuters Buys Webcast Firm Streamlogics

GRC Announcements July 09, 2009

Thomson Reuters has acquired Toronto-based Webcasting software firm Streamlogics, effective as of July 1. The financial terms of the deal remain undisclosed.Streamlogics, founded in 1999, is a privately held provider of Webcasting applications and services in North America, with a strong presence in the financial, health care, and technology sectors....

Morningstar Acquires Global Reports LLC

GRC Announcements April 22, 2009

Morningstar, a provider of independent investment research, has acquired the global financial filings database business of Global Reports LLC, a provider of online financial and Corporate and Social Responsibility reports for publicly traded companies around the world.Once the acquisition is complete, Morningstar will have broader global coverage and more in-depth...

Computershare Limited Acquires Kurtzman Carson

GRC Announcements March 17, 2009

Computershare Limited, a financial services provider for the global securities industry based in Australia, announced on March 16 that it has agreed to acquire El Segundo, Calif.-based Kurtzman Carson Consultants LLC, a claims and noticing agent that provides administrative support services and technology solutions to companies undergoing a corporate restructuring...

RiskMetrics to Acquire Innovest

GRC Announcements February 20, 2009

RiskMetrics Group, a provider of risk and corporate governance services, announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, a New York-based provider of sustainability research for the institutional investment community.The acquisition of Innovest will enhance RiskMetrics footprint in the environmental, social & governance research space...

Parente Randolph Joins Forces With Lazar Levine & Felix

GRC Announcements February 18, 2009

Parente Randolph, LLC, an accounting and consulting firm, today announced the largest merger in the firm’s history. Effective Feb. 15, the firm will combine its practice with New York City-based Lazar Levine & Felix LLP, a 40-year old firm that provides professional accounting and consulting services in the greater New...

UnitedLex Forms Alliance With Huron Consulting

GRC Announcements February 02, 2009

UnitedLex, a legal consulting, technology, and outsourcing services provider, has announced a strategic alliance with Huron Consulting Group, a provider of financial and operational consulting services. The alliance allows both companies to deliver high-quality, multi-shore litigation document review services to clients facing complex commercial, intellectual property, product liability, and antitrust...

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