synopsis: IBM announced the closing of its acquisition of Algorithmics. The acquisition expands IBM's business analytics capabilities in the area of financial risk. Algorithmics provides software and services for improved business insights at banks and investment and insurance organizations to assess risk and address regulatory challenges.

synopsis: Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. announced that it has completed the acquisition of City Networks Ltd, a leading software and services provider of reconciliation, multi-asset process automation and operational risk management solutions to the global financial services industry.

synopsis: Fitch Group, Inc., a Fimalac SA company, has closed its acquisition of Toronto-based risk management firm Algorithmics. The acquisition price is US$175 million. Algorithmics provides financial institutions with advanced enterprise risk management solutions that help them better measure and manage their financial risk.

synopsis: Omgeo, the global standard for post-trade efficiency, has acquired Allustra, a provider of collateral management solutions. Allustra offers a suite of products that provide customers the ability to consolidate trade positions across asset classes, and to manage the collateral process that mitigates the associated counterparty risk.

synopsis: Canadian exchange operator TMX Group has agreed to buy Australia's Razor Risk Technologies, a provider of risk management technologies and consulting solutions to financial institutions worldwide. The company's award-winning Razor risk management framework was officially launched in 2002.

synopsis: Markit, a leading, global financial information services company, has announced that it has acquired QuIC Financial Technologies, Inc (QuIC). QuIC provides the world’s leading financial organisations with risk analytics solutions to test market and credit risk tolerance in financial portfolios and simulate risk at the enterprise level.

synopsis: Accenture has acquired RiskControl, a privately held risk consulting company based in Rio de Janeiro, to complement and expand its risk service offerings in the rapidly growing Brazilian market.

synopsis: The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. has agreed to acquire FTEN, Inc. (FTEN), a leading provider of Real-Time Risk Management (RTRM) solutions for the financial securities market. FTEN is a market leader in RTRM and is well positioned to grow as the industry is becoming more focused on solutions for effectively managing risk.

synopsis: UK fintech vendor City Networks is making an undisclosed minority investment in London-based derivatives processing specialist Message Automation.

synopsis: StatPro, an AIM-listed supplier of portfolio analytics software for fund managers, has signed a contract to acquire FRI Corporation, a Canadian provider of portfolio management technology, for a total consideration of £25 million.

synopsis: Reuters today announced it has acquired Application Networks, a leading risk management software provider based in London and Palo Alto, for $41million in cash to accelerate the growth of Reuters Trade and Risk Management.

synopsis: McAfee, Inc., the global leader in Intrusion Prevention and Security Risk Management, today announced that it has acquired Preventsys, Inc., a leading authority in security risk management and automated security compliance reporting.

synopsis: The International Securities Exchange announced today that it has acquired the intellectual property and other related assets of Longitude, Inc, inventor of a proprietary and patented technology that uses parimutuel principles to run derivatives auctions that aggregate liquidity and produce fair and efficient market-driven prices.

synopsis: Corpus, Inc., a provider of custom application development and information technology services in the banking, financial services and telecommunications industries, today announced that it has expanded its presence in the global capital markets sector with the acquisition of Lab49, Inc.

synopsis: Jack Henry & Associates, Inc., a leading provider of integrated computer systems and ATM/debit card/ACH transaction processing, announced its purchase of North Carolina-based Optinfo, Inc., a leading provider of software products and services that help financial institutions mitigate the risks associated with their financial and operational data.

synopsis: Wolters Kluwer Financial Services (WKFS), a provider of comprehensive compliance, risk management and audit solutions, announced the acquisition of SASGAS, a provider of financial reporting software solutions to the foreign and domestic bank market in China. WKFS is acquiring SASGAS through its FRSGlobal business.

synopsis: Conning, a leading global provider of asset management solutions, services, and research to the insurance industry, announced that it has acquired the assets of DFA Capital Management, a market leader in economic, capital markets, and risk modeling software.

synopsis: Aon Corporation has completed the acquisition of Valley Oak Systems of San Ramon, California. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Valley Oak Systems, a leader in claims management software, services, and support for the insurance industry, will operate under the Aon eSolutions Group as an independent subsidiary.

synopsis: Wolters Kluwer Financial Services, a comprehensive regulatory compliance and risk management business, announced the acquisition of FRSGlobal, a Brussels-based global financial regulatory reporting and risk management business, from The Carlyle Group and growth equity investor Kennet Partners.

synopsis: S1 Corporation, a leading provider of customer interaction software solutions for financial and payment services, has sold its FRS division to The Carlyle Group, a global private equity firm, and Kennet Partners, a technology investor.

synopsis: IBM announced the closing of its acquisition of Algorithmics. The acquisition expands IBM's business analytics capabilities in the area of financial risk. Algorithmics provides software and services for improved business insights at banks and investment and insurance organizations to assess risk and address regulatory challenges.

synopsis: Algorithmics, a Fimalac subsidiary, announced that it had acquired VIPitech from Towers Watson. VIPitech, a growing company set up in 2006, is a specialist provider of actuarial modelling software for insurance companies and the financial sector. The UK-based firm serves a client base spanning many European and Asian countries.

synopsis: Fitch Group, Inc., a Fimalac SA company, has closed its acquisition of Toronto-based risk management firm Algorithmics. The acquisition price is US$175 million. Algorithmics provides financial institutions with advanced enterprise risk management solutions that help them better measure and manage their financial risk.

synopsis: IBM announced a definitive agreement to acquire Tealeaf Technology, Inc., a leading provider of customer experience analytics software that helps organizations to gain intelligence and react more swiftly to consumer trends in today's digitally transformed marketplace.

synopsis: IBM announced a definitive agreement to acquire Vivisimo, a leading provider of federated discovery and navigation software that helps organizations access and analyze big data across the enterprise. Vivisimo provides enterprises with information optimization solutions that help maximize the business value of information.

synopsis: IBM announced a definitive agreement to acquire Varicent Software Incorporated, a leading provider of analytics software for compensation and sales performance management. Varicent software automates and analyzes the collection and reporting of sales data across finance, sales, human resources and IT departments.

synopsis: IBM announced it has completed the acquisition of Worklight, a privately held Israeli-based provider of mobile software for smartphones and tablets. Worklight will become an important piece of IBM's mobility strategy, helping clients dramatically reduce mobile application time to market, cost and complexity.

synopsis: IBM announced that it has completed the acquisition of Green Hat, a privately held company jointly headquartered in London, England and Wilmington, Delaware. Green Hat helps customers improve the quality of software applications by enabling developers to leverage cloud computing technologies.

synopsis: Rocket Software, Inc., a global software development firm that builds enterprise products and delivers enterprise solutions, announced that it has closed the acquisition of the iCluster business from IBM. iCluster offers software for High Availability/Disaster Recovery.

synopsis: IBM has completed its acquisition of Emptoris Inc. Emptoris solutions bring more intelligence to procurement and supply chain operations with spend, supplier and contract management for Smarter Commerce. Emptoris' solutions complement multiple IBM offerings.

synopsis: IBM has completed its acquisition of DemandTec. DemandTec delivers cloud-based analytics software that enables businesses to examine different customer buying scenarios, both online and in-store. It allows companies to spot trends and shopping insights to make better price, promotion, and assortment decisions.

synopsis: IBM announced that it has completed its acquisition of Curam Software Ltd. The company expands IBM's ability to help cities and governments serve citizens better by adopting more intelligent and efficient ways to assess needs, execute social programs, and maximize program results.

synopsis: IBM, the world's largest information technology company, announced that it has completed the acquisition of Platform Computing, a privately held company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Platform Computing is a leader in cluster and grid management software.

synopsis: IBM, the world's largest information technology company, has completed the acquisition of Q1 Labs Inc., a provider of security intelligence software. Q1 Labs' advanced analytics and correlation capabilities can automatically detect and flag actions across an enterprise that deviate from prescribed policies and typical behavior.

synopsis: IBM announced the closing of its acquisition of Algorithmics. The acquisition expands IBM's business analytics capabilities in the area of financial risk. Algorithmics provides software and services for improved business insights at banks and investment and insurance organizations to assess risk and address regulatory challenges.

synopsis: IBM announced it has completed its acquisition of i2. i2 expands IBM's big data analytics software for smarter cities by helping both public and private entities in government, law enforcement, retail, insurance and other industries access and analyze information they need to combat crime, fraud and other security threats.

synopsis: IBM has announced that it has completed the acquisition of TRIRIGA, Inc., a provider of facility and real estate management software solutions. The acquisition of TRIRIGA will help accelerate IBM's efforts to bring intelligence in the smarter buildings market.

synopsis: IBM announced it has closed the acquisition of BLADE Network Technologies (BLADE), a privately held company based in Santa Clara, CA. BLADE specializes in software and devices that route data and transactions to and from servers.

synopsis: IBM acquired Clarity Systems. Clarity Systems delivers financial governance software that enables organizations to automate the process of collecting, preparing, certifying and controlling financial statements for electronic filing, in support of mandates by the SEC and other financial regulatory agencies.

synopsis: IBM announced that it has acquired PSS Systems, a privately held company based in Mountain View, Calif. PSS Systems' software helps organizations analyze, automate and implement information governance policies across massive amounts of electronic business information and dispose of that information in an automated way.

synopsis: IBM announced the closing of its acquisition of Netezza Corporation. Netezza will expand IBM's business analytics initiatives to help clients gain faster insights into their business information, with increased performance at a lower cost of ownership.

synopsis: IBM announced that it has completed its acquisition of OpenPages, a leading provider of software that helps companies more easily identify and manage risk and compliance activities across the enterprise through a single management system.

synopsis: IBM announced the closing of its acquisition of Unica Corporation. Through Unica, IBM is acquiring enterprise and cloud-based marketing software solutions that help businesses streamline and automate marketing processes, and understand and predict customer preferences.

synopsis: Hoping to pave a new path to its popular Web site, Yahoo Inc. has acquired Konfabulator, a tiny software maker that provides a computer platform for monitoring the weather, stock prices and a wealth of other customized information without opening a Web browser.

synopsis: Cosmi has announced the acquisition of Chaska, Minnesota-based ValuSoft, the PC value line of THQ Inc. The combination will make the new ValuSoft+Cosmi venture the second largest U.S. Retail Publisher of PC Games in units sold and the #1 Retail Publisher in the Value Software Category by units sold.