Marlin & Associates announced today that The M&A Advisor
has named the firm a finalist for five of its annual "Middle-Market
Financing Awards," including 'Boutique Investment Banking Firm of
the Year' and 'Equity Financing Agent of the Year.'
In addition, Marlin & Associates was named a finalist for
three deal-of-the-year awards:
- Financial Services Deal of the Year
- Information Technology Deal of the Year
- Professional Services Deal of the Year
"It is an honor to recognize the achievements of Marlin &
Associates," said Roger Aguinaldo, CEO of The M&A Advisor.
"During a challenging economic period they have stepped up to the
plate to make important middle-market deals possible."
"It is humbling to be nominated again as the 'Boutique
Investment Bank of the Year' and again to be a finalist for 'Equity
Financing Agent of the Year,'" said Ken Marlin, Founder and
Managing Partner of Marlin & Associates. "We are grateful to be
recognized for our hard work during tough times."
Each year, The M&A Advisor, a conference producer and
newsletter publisher serving the middle market finance industry,
recognizes top deal-making professionals serving the $10 million -
$1 billion (sales) market in fields such as investment banking,
private equity, legal services, and accounting. The awards are made
on the basis of creativity and resourcefulness, persistence,
business savvy, and value-added. The finalists are judged by an
independent panel, and award recipients will be announced at the
5th Annual Middle-Market Financing Awards Gala on the evening of
Monday, June 21st at The Drake Hotel in Chicago, Illinois.
About Marlin & Associates
Marlin & Associates is a boutique investment banking and
strategic advisory firm specializing in acquisitions and
divestitures of U.S. and international middle-market firms that
provide information technology, digital information and
healthcare-related products, technology and services. The firm is
headquartered in New York, NY and has additional offices in
Washington, DC and Toronto, Canada. Marlin & Associates'
professionals have advised on more than 200 successfully completed
transactions.
Some recent transactions on which Marlin &Associates has
advised include:
- Strategic Analytics of Santa Fe, New Mexico, which Marlin
& Associates advised on its sale to Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:
VRSK);
- Logical Information Machines, Inc. (LIM)
of Chicago, Illinois, which Marlin &
Associates advised on its sale to Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ:
MORN);
- NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) of New York, New York, which Marlin
& Associates advised on the sale of its Hugin subsidiary to
Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI);
- Vhayu Technologies of Los Gatos, California, which Marlin
& Associates advised on its sale to Thomson Reuters (NYSE:
TRI);
- Standard & Poor's of New York, New York a division of The
McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), which Marlin & Associates
advised on the sale of its Vista Research subsidiary to Guidepoint
Global;
- Tenfore of London, England, which Marlin & Associates
advised on its sale to Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN);
- LexisNexis of Dayton, Ohio, which Marlin & Associates
advised on the sale of its subsidiary Mealey's Conference to
Business Valuation Resources (BVR);
- InfoDyne Corp. of Park Ridge, Illinois, which Marlin &
Associates advised on its sale to International Business Machines
Corp. (NYSE: IBM);
- Orimos of Zurich, Switzerland, which Marlin & Associates
advised on its acquisition of ION Trading;
- LowerFees, Inc. of Westlake Village, California, which Marlin
& Associates advised on its sale to Bankrate, Inc. (NASDAQ:
RATE);
- Netik LLC of London, England and New York, New York, which
Marlin & Associates advised on its simultaneous acquisition of
Capco Reference Data Services and the replacement of its primary
investor, The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (NYSE: BK), with
Symphony Technology Group;
- Applied Financial Technology (AFT) of San Francisco,
California, which Marlin & Associates advised on its sale to
Lender Processing Services (NYSE: LPS);
- Xcitek LLC's Market Data Division of New York, NY, which
Marlin & Associates advised on its sale to Interactive Data
Corp. (NYSE: IDC);
- StarMine Corp. of San Francisco, California, which Marlin
& Associates advised on its sale to Reuters (now Thomson
Reuters - NYSE: TRI);
- Brainpower N.V. of Lugano, Switzerland, which Marlin &
Associates advised on its sale to Bloomberg L.P.
CONTACT: Marlin & Associates Contact@MarlinLLC.com +1 (212)
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