The UK’s competition watchdog has ordered fintech FNZ to sell GBST – essentially cancelling the merger of two large technology companies.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has found, in its final report published today (5 November), that the £150 million deal raised “significant competition concerns” in the supply of solutions to investment platforms in the UK, where FNZ and GBST are two of the leading suppliers.
The merged business would be by far the larg...