LCP has agreed to acquire Aon’s pension advisory, pension insurance, pension administration and investment advisory businesses in Germany at an undisclosed price. Aon’s German retirement and investment business employs 350 people and has branches in five locations. The acquisition gives LCP a “leading position in this important market for pension advice and related services”. The
The international investment firm KKR has acquired a majority stake in the global consulting firm ERM, which values the sustainability specialist at up to 3 billion US dollars. Environmental Resources Management (ERM) is a multinational consulting firm headquartered in London. The company describes itself as the largest pure sustainability consultancy that supports its customers in
SoftBank Corp formed an alliance with the Digital Marketing Unit of Axiata Group and planned to invest approximately MYR 250 million ($ 60.7 million) in a 23 percent stake as part of a strategy to increase advertising capabilities. The operator stated that investing in Axiata Digital Advertising (ADA) will allow it to accelerate its digital
Cloudnexion chooses Upstack’s offer instead of a merger agreement. Upstack, which has just announced a $ 50 million private equity investment, has acquired its first telecommunications consultancy. The New York-based company is buying Cloudnexion, a Colorado-based agency. Jake Cummins, CEO of Cloudnexion, is now an Upstack partner and managing director. According to a spokesman, Cloudnexion
Strategy & has agreed to take over 67rockwell Consulting, a German strategic consulting firm specializing in the insurance industry. The deal is, according to Consultancy.org records, Strategy &’s first announced acquisition * since it was founded seven years ago after Booz & Company merged with PwC. The fact that Strategy & Germany has chosen as
Heidrick & Struggles, a Chicago-based recruitment and recruitment company, has acquired Business Talent Group (BTG), a Los Angeles-based online marketplace for independent consultants. Established in 2007, BTG was one of the first to enter the independent consultancy market, which now includes companies such as Comatch, Catalant and Talmix. BTG provides on-demand access to professionals for
Arvind Kapur Infostretch, a Goldman Sachs-backed digital engineering company, is expanding its presence in the UK after acquiring a global technology consultancy with a competence center in Sunderland. Saggezza was founded in 2005 and today employs over 500 people in six offices in the UK, USA and India. The deal marks Infostretch’s first acquisition since
The digital transformation consultancy Diaxion has been acquired by the Arq Group, an IT services group headquartered in Sydney. Founded in 2000, Diaxion is a boutique digital transformation consultancy focused on financial services and nonprofits. The company has offices in Sydney and Melbourne and supports its clients with consulting, IT strategy and architecture, DevOps, automation,
Serco Inc., the US subsidiary of Serco Group plc, a UK-based global government services outsourcer, has acquired Whitney, Bradley & Brown (WBB), a Reston, VA-based defense advisory service provider. Founded in 1981, WBB provides program management and advisory services to the US Department of Defense (DoD) and other federal agencies. The company supports clients with
Within a few months of landing in Denmark, Broad Horizon has increased its domestic presence with the acquisition of Projectum. The 50-person Projektum, based in Søborg, specializes in project and portfolio management. In addition to its consulting services, the company has a number of proprietary project solutions developed on the Microsoft Power platform. Projectum was
