Mergers / Acquisitions

Output Services Group Acquires ClickSpark

Output Services Group (OSG) completed the acquisition of ClickSpark, a privately-held, performance-based lead generation company based in Rochester, NY. read more

Beacon Rail Acquires Ascendos Rail Leasing 

Beacon Rail Leasing agreed to acquire Ascendos Rail Leasing, a European locomotive and rolling stock leasing company. read more

GE Closes Sale of Franchise Finance U.S. Hotel Business

GE completed the sale of GE Capital’s Franchise Finance U.S. hotel business to Western Alliance Bank. The sale includes $1.3 billion in ENI and the majority of the hotel business employees. read more

Providence Bank & Trust Acquires Cobra Capital

Providence Bank & Trust closed on an asset purchase agreement in which the bank acquired substantially all of the assets and assumed the operations of Cobra Capital. read more

Meridian Acquires Roynat Lease Finance

Meridian reached an agreement with The Bank of Nova Scotia and Roynat to acquire Roynat Lease Finance.  The transaction will close within the next few weeks. read more


Penske Automotive Group Acquires Harper Truck Centres

Penske Automotive Group’s Premier Truck Group subsidiary completed the acquisition of Harper Truck Centres, a commercial truck dealership group located in Ontario, Canada.  read more

CWB Acquires GE Capital’s Canadian Franchise Finance Business

Canadian Western Bank signed an asset purchase agreement to acquire GE Capital's Canadian Franchise Finance business. read more


BofI Acquires Equipment Leases/Operations of Pacific Western

BofI Federal Bank closed an asset purchase agreement in which the bank acquired certain assets and assumed certain operations of Pacific Western Equipment Finance. read more

GE Closes $42B in Transactions in Q1/16

GE completed the sale of its commercial leasing business in Japan and its Mexican equipment leasing business, representing $6.2 billion of the $42 billion in transactions the industrial giant has closed in Q1/16. read more

Alaska Air Poised to Acquire Virgin America

According to The Street, Alaska Air is poised to win a bidding war with JetBlue for Virgin American with an offer that values Virgin at more than $2 billion including debt. read more

Sterling Acquires NewStar Business Credit

Sterling Bancorp acquired NewStar Business Credit for $112 million. Michael Haddad, former president of NSBC, will manage Sterling’s asset-based lending business. read more

GE Sells Asset Management Arm to State Street

State Street will acquire GE Asset Management, GE’s investment management arm, for up to $485 million, subject to adjustments. The sale is expected to close in Q3/16. read more

GE Sells U.S. Hotel Franchise Finance Business to Western Alliance

GE reached an agreement to sell GE Capital’s Franchise Finance U.S. hotel business to Western Alliance Bank. GE also agreed to sell its Canadian Franchise Finance business to a “different buyer.” read more

NTT Data to Acquire Dell Services

NTT Data and Dell entered into an agreement for NTT to acquire Dell Services, an IT services provider. read more

Shareholders Approve KeyCorp, First Niagara Merger

The shareholders of both KeyCorp and First Niagara Financial Group voted in favor of a merger between the two companies. Out of the votes cast, over 90% were in favor of the merger. read more


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