EQS Group Acquires Convercent Ethics & Compliance Business from OneTrust

OneTrust Acquires Ethics & Compliance Cloud Provider Convercent

March 23, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

OneTrust signed a definitive agreement to acquire Convercent, a global provider of ethics and compliance cloud software. Convercent’s ~150 employees, 750 customers, and CONVERGE community will be integrated into OneTrust’s trust platform to expand ethics and compliance capabilities; financial terms were not disclosed and the deal is expected to close in April.

EQT and Verdane Merge FocusVision and Confirmit

January 7, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

EQT and Verdane announced the merger of their portfolio companies FocusVision (majority owned by EQT Mid Market US) and Confirmit to create a combined research-technology business led by Confirmit CEO Kyle Ferguson. The transaction is intended to combine complementary experience-insights and market-research software capabilities to accelerate product innovation, scale global delivery and provide expanded solutions to customers; closing was conditioned on regulatory approvals and expected in Q2 2021.

Equiniti Trust Company Acquires Compliance Division of ACCESS Newswire

March 3, 2025

Financial Services

Equiniti Trust Company, LLC (EQ) has acquired the corporate compliance division of ACCESS Newswire Inc., including substantially all assets of Direct Transfer LLC (the stock transfer agent brand). The acquisition adds EDGAR filing capabilities and iProxy Direct proxy management tools to EQ's shareholder services suite, expanding its transfer agent and compliance offerings.

Cloud Equity Group Acquires Conseev Hosting Portfolio

August 24, 2020

Cloud & SaaS

Cloud Equity Group completed the acquisition of all hosting companies owned by Conseev on July 14, 2020, adding 11 hosting brands to its portfolio. The Conseev hosting companies will continue to be led by their existing management teams as Cloud Equity Group pursues scale and international growth in the web hosting and cloud infrastructure sector.

Ethos Partners Completes Buyout of Compliancy Services

March 4, 2021

Consulting

Ethos Partners, a UK-based private investment office, has completed a buyout of Compliancy Services, the UK compliance consultancy and RegTech provider. The transaction supports founder succession (founder Iain Stephen retiring), retains Ben Mason as a significant minority shareholder and aims to back growth in capital markets and payment services under CEO Philip Naughton.

ACA Group Acquires Ethos ESG

September 21, 2022

Data & Analytics

ACA Group has acquired Ethos ESG, a provider of ESG ratings data and analytics for financial advisors, asset managers and institutional investors. The acquisition is ACA's first analytics offering and will be integrated into its ESG Advisory practice to provide data-driven analysis, impact ratings and automated ESG reporting; financial terms were not disclosed.