SS&C Technologies to Buy Calastone From Carlyle for About $1 Billion
SS&C, a provider of software for the financial-services and healthcare industries, on Monday said it will pay about 766 million pounds ($1.03 billion) for London-based Calastone, which operates a global funds network that connects more than 4,500 financial organizations across 57 markets.
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