Finextra

First Derivatives completes Cognotec acquisition

This content is provided by an external author without editing by Finextra. It expresses the views and opinions of the author. The $4.7m deal means that First Derivatives will acquire the entire ...
The Irish News

Twenty training places up for grabs at First Derivative fintech academy

Twenty high quality training places have become available on a FinTech Foundation Academy being run for Newry firm First Derivative. Fully funded by the Department for the Economy, the academy will be ...
Finextra

First Derivatives

First Derivative, one of the world’s leading consulting and managed services firms, together with its RegTech partner Corlytics, have been provided with a project funding award to develop the world’s ...
The Irish Times

First Derivatives increases stake in KxSystems

First Derivatives, the Newry headquartered AIM-listed company, has agreed a £36 million (€45 million)deal to increase its shareholding in a Californian software company to more than 65 per cent. The ...
SiliconRepublic

First Derivatives buys Cognotec for US$4.7 million

Specialist Irish software company First Derivatives has announced it has bought Cognotec Holdings for US$4.7 million. Cognotec, the financial software company launched by Brian Maccaba, went into ...
Irish Examiner

First Derivatives buys MRP

NORTHERN Irish financial services IT support company First Derivatives has made its first acquisition — buying US company Marketing Resource Partners (MRP) for $20 million (€14.09m). The Newry-based ...
Independent.ie

Fintech First Derivatives completes Kx acquisition with €48m cash deal

Global analytics software business First Derivatives has completed the acquisition of a minority shareholdings in Kx Systems. The move means First Derivatives now own 100pc of the group, which it paid ...
The Irish Times

First Derivatives founder nets €47m from shares sale

The chief executive of Newry-based First Derivatives, who set up the business in his mother’s spare bedroom, has netted an estimated £42.8 million (€47 million) from selling 1.4 million of his company ...
Belfast Telegraph

Software giant First Derivatives to add 1,000 to workforce in three years

The major expansion to the company's 2,400 workforce was announced by chief executive Brian Conlon during a keynote speech at yesterday's inaugural Innovation Nation event in Newry. First Derivatives ...
Belfast Telegraph

First Derivatives charts sales growth in smart metering

Newry financial software firm First Derivatives is aiming to boost future sales by adapting its technology to new uses, the company said. And the plc, which has locations around the globe, vowed it's ...
London South East

First Derivatives Takes Majority Stake In Kx Systems (ALLISS)

LONDON (Alliance News) - First Derivatives PLC Friday said it has increased its stake in big data vendor Kx Systems, paying GBP36.0 million to acquire a further 46.47% stake. The acquisition means ...
RTE Online

First Derivatives

Brian Conlon, founder and chief executive of software and consulting company First Derivatives, has died at the age of 53, the company has said. Software and consulting company First Derivatives has ...