M&A Deal Summary

Macquarie Bank Acquires Allegiance Capital

On March 6, 2008, Macquarie Bank acquired financial services company Allegiance Capital from Rosemont Investment Group

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Macquarie Bank’s 1st transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is Macquarie Bank’s 7th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Macquarie Bank’s 1st transaction in Texas.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2008-03-06
Target Allegiance Capital
Sector Financial Services
Buyer(s) Macquarie Bank
Sellers(s) Rosemont Investment Group
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Allegiance Capital

Dallas, Texas, United States
Allegiance is an established taxable fixed income manager using high-grade corporate, government and mortgage backed securities toward its goal of providing consistent, above market returns with below market risk. Allegiance provides a broad array of traditional and absolute strategies as fixed income strategies for its clients.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Macquarie Bank

Sydney, Australia

Category Company
Founded 1969
Sector Financial Services
Employees19,266
Revenue 6.2B AUD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Macquarie's corporate headquarters in downtown Sydney.
Macquarie's corporate headquarters in downtown Sydney.

Macquarie Bank is an Australian investment banking and diversified financial services group, providing banking, financial advisory and investment and funds management services. Macquarie Bank was founded in 1969 and is based in Sydney, Australia.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 14 of 25
Sector (Financial Services) 1 of 7
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 10 of 15
State (Texas) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 7 of 13
Year (2008) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-07-10 Express Offshore Transport

Singapore

Express Offshore Transport Ltd offers transportation of personnel and supplies to the oil industry.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-08-01 Shatkin Arbor

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Shatkin Arbor, Inc. is a provider of trading tools and professional services to novice traders.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Rosemont Investment Group

West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2000
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Rosemont Investment Group is a private equity firm focused exclusively on making investments alongside management teams in the asset management industry. Rosemont provides capital to fund management buyouts, recapitalizations and selected start-ups in support of teams focused on growing independent, asset management firms. In addition to investing in traditional asset managers, Rosemont will also selectively pursue alternative investment firms including hedge funds, private equity funds, fund of funds and wealth management. Rosemont seeks to invest $10 to $50 million of equity for meaningful minority equity stakes. Rosemont prefers to be the sole outside investor but will consider leading co-investment transactions requiring additional capital. Rosemont was formed in 2000 and is based in West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 10
Sector (Financial Services) 3 of 10
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 4
State (Texas) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 3 of 9
Year (2008) 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-06-01 Rice Hall James & Associates

San Diego, California, United States

Rice, Hall, James & Associates, LLC employs in-house, fundamental research and a growth at a reasonable price? (GARP) investment discipline to its portfolios. The Company manages both mutual funds and separate accounts on behalf of a diverse client base consisting of institutions and high net worth individuals.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-07-02 Rogerscasey Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Rogerscasey Canada, Inc. (Formerly Perimeter Capital Management LLC) was formed as a de novo investment management firm. offering small and smid cap growth equity products to an institutional client base. The Perimeter team had worked together at a previous firm where they were responsible for creating the small cap growth product and for all portfolio management and research, sales, marketing and trading activities related to that product and others. Rosemont assisted with the formation and organization of Perimeter and provided start-up and operating capital.

Sell -