Fundz

Prudential Financial And Leapfrog Investments Announce Intention To Acquire A Strategic Minority Interest In Alexander Forbes Group Holdings Limited

PRIVATEMar 18, 2022

Acquiring Company

LeapFrog Investments

Acquired Company

Alexander Forbes

Hong KongSoftwareFinancial ServicesScience And EngineeringGovernment And MilitaryCommerce And ShoppingHealth Care

Description

Prudential Financial, Inc. (Prudential Financial) (NYSE: PRU), in partnership with LeapFrog Investments Group, Ltd. (LeapFrog Investments), announced its intention to acquire a strategic minority interest in Alexander Forbes Group Holdings Limited (JSE: AFH), a leading provider of financial advice, retirement, investment, and holistic wealth management services in South Africa.

Other recent acquisitions in Financial Services and Science And Engineering

Deals where the buyer or target shares a sector with this one, within 45 days, from Fundz verified event records.

Who to call at LeapFrog Investments, and when

When LeapFrog Investments changes hands, the new owners review vendors, systems and leadership. That is when the door opens.

  • An alert the day LeapFrog Investments raises, hires an executive or expands, scored against what you sell
  • The decision-makers there, with verified emails
  • Who you already know at LeapFrog Investments, from your own LinkedIn network

Works inside ChatGPT and Claude. Ask who to call at LeapFrog Investments. With Fundz connected, it knows.

Watch Fundz in
See plan options
Trusted byOracleSnowflakeCloudflareLinkedInGoogleSalesforce 4.8/5 on G2

Company Information

Company

LeapFrog Investments

About

LeapFrog invests in exceptional businesses in Africa and Asia, partnering with their leaders to achieve new levels of growth, profitability and impact. Founded in 2007, LeapFrog’s companies now reach 272 million people across 35 countries with healthcare or financial services, providing jobs and livelihoods to 143,000 people. Through consistent delivery on a strategy of Profit with Purpose, LeapFrog has raised over $2 billion from global institutional investors, including $500 million recently committed by Temasek. LeapFrog has been ranked by Fortune as one of the top 5 Companies to Change the World. For more information, please visit leapfroginvest.com.

Company

Prudential

Location

13th Floor, One International Financial Centre, 1 Harbour View Street, Central

Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

About

PRU), a global financial services leader and premier active global investment manager with more than $1.5 trillion in assets under management as of Dec. 31, 2021, has operations in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Prudential’s diverse and talented employees help to make lives better by creating financial opportunity for more people. Prudential’s iconic Rock symbol has stood for strength, stability, expertise, and innovation for more than a century. For more information, please visit news.prudential.com.

AI made execution free. Knowing first is the whole game now.

Fundz sees it the moment LeapFrog Investments makes an acquisition, hires an exec or expands, usually minutes after it happens, and tells you who to reach.

Predictive Intelligence
Strategic

ML-powered predictions for LeapFrog Investments's next move

Learn about Strategic plan

Frequently asked

Who acquired Alexander Forbes?

Alexander Forbes was acquired by LeapFrog Investments. The deal was reported on March 18, 2022. LeapFrog invests in exceptional businesses in Africa and Asia, partnering with their leaders to achieve new levels of growth, profitability and impact. LeapFrog Investments is privately held and operates in Software.

When did LeapFrog Investments acquire Alexander Forbes?

LeapFrog Investments's acquisition of Alexander Forbes was reported on March 18, 2022. Prudential Financial, Inc. (Prudential Financial) (NYSE: PRU), in partnership with LeapFrog Investments Group, Ltd. Fundz records the date the transaction was first publicly reported, sourced from filings and company announcements.

What does Alexander Forbes do?

Alexander Forbes is a financial services group that impacts people’s lives by delivering insight and advice to individuals, employers and retirement funds. It is privately held, operating in Commerce And Shopping.

This company was part of an acquisition. Fundz tracks who bought whom, and who to call on both sides.

145 of these a day, filtered to the companies you pick, with the decision-maker attached.

5 screens from a live account. No signup.

Fundz is a real-time business intelligence platform powered by agentic AI that proactively delivers personalized daily signals, including funding rounds, executive changes, M&A activity, 13F institutional filings, SEC 8-K events, investor activity, and website modifications, based on each user's watchlist and ICP. A trusted data source at firms such as BlackRock, Oracle, Kleiner Perkins, LinkedIn, HubSpot, and Cloudflare, Fundz democratizes the institutional-grade intelligence that previously required a PitchBook or Bloomberg terminal. Features include Daily Briefing for AI-powered daily briefings, and unified cross-signal alerts across 281,000+ organizations. Developers and data teams can access these signals programmatically via the Fundz Funding Data API, with transparent published pricing.