M&A Deal Summary

Marex Acquires Spectron

On March 22, 2011, Marex acquired financial services company Spectron for 95M GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Marex’s 1st transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is Marex’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Marex’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2011-03-22
Target Spectron
Sector Financial Services
Buyer(s) Marex
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 95M GBP

Target

Spectron

London, United Kingdom
Spectron is a global broker of wholesale energy and other commodity products. Spectron provides electronic and voice brokerage services for a diverse range of mainly Over-the-Counter (“OTC”) markets, including gas, power, environmental products, freight, crude oil and related products, coal, weather and metals. Spectron was founded in 1988 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

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Buyer

Marex

London, United Kingdom
Category Company
Founded 2005
Sector Financial Services
Revenue 1.8B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Marex is a commodity broker offering a breadth of commodity market coverage across Metals, Agricultural and Energy products, with extensive services, diversified client base, platform scalability, and proprietary technology, data and analytics offerings. Marex was founded in 2005 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

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Overall 1 of 7
Sector (Financial Services) 1 of 4
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 6
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 3
Year (2011) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-12-20 Rosenthal Collins Group

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Rosenthal Collins Group is a regulated Futures Commission Merchants (FCMs) offering trading execution, clearing, brokerage, institutional foreign exchange (FX), managed futures and a full range of electronic trading services. Rosenthal Collins Group was founded in 1923 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

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