FIS purchase of Sungard – is big always beautiful?

FIS has made its biggest acquisition to date, splashing out $9.1 billion on fellow US vendor Sungard. But with both companies already having large, complex structures and numerous product portfolios (due to their earlier M&A activities), is there a danger of creating a convoluted, near impassable maze?

Banking software market: more M&A to come

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As 2014 was drawing to a close, a handful of takeovers in the banking software space were announced but went under the radar. SS&C bought rival DST Global Solutions for $95 million, bringing rival investment management systems under one umbrella, whilst loss-making 3i Infotech shed its investment management software business in the UK to an Italian outfit, Objectway.