FIS, a global powerhouse in financial services technology, announced today the acceleration of its prior plan to separate into two distinct global entities, thereby improving strategic flexibility. To this end, FIS has signed a definitive agreement to divest a majority stake in its Worldpay Merchant Solutions business to private equity funds managed by GTCR. The […]
Wells Fargo & Company has agreed to divest its asset management business – Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM) to private equity firms GTCR and Reverence Capital Partners for $2.1 billion. As part of the deal, Wells Fargo will retain a stake of 9.9% in the asset management business and will continue to be its major […]
Private equity firm GTCR has agreed to divest Optimal Blue, a secondary market solutions and actionable data services provider to Black Knight, a provider of integrated software, data and analytics to the mortgage and real estate sectors, for $1.8 billion in an all-cash deal. Black Knight said that it will merge its Compass Analytics business […]