SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (known as SS&C) is an American multinational holding company headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, that sells software and software as a service to the financial services industry. The company has offices in the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. Through its numerous acquired subsidiaries, such as Advent Software, Varden Technologies, Eze Software, and Primatics Financial, SS&C specializes in specific fintech markets, such as fund administration, wealth management accounting, and insurance and pension funds. In 2020 SS&C Technologies reported in their balance sheet over $1.69 trillion in Assets Under Custody (AUC). History SS&C was founded by William C. Stone in 1986. The company went through an initial public offering process for the first time in 1996. It was taken private in a leveraged buy-out in 2005 with Sunshine Acquisition Corp., affiliated with The Carlyle Group. And after some years as a private company, SS&C was taken public again in a second IPO in 2010 through a listing on Nasdaq under the symbol SSNC. In 2021, Mammoth Scientific selected SS&C as the administrator and technology partner for its $100 million venture capital fund. The fund is for health science and technology companies. In October, Gordian Capital started using the company’s Eze Investment Suite for its trading, portfolio, and risk management services in Singapore and Japan. In May 2022, Liontrust Asset Management extended its mandate with SS&C. The company uses SS&C’s products to manage the majority of its £38.5 billion in assets. In June, SS&C released a new asset allocator platform for institutional investors. It was powered by FundHub and provided fund data aggregation and analysis, holdings look-through, document management, ABOR and IBOR reporting, performance management, liquidity planning, and exposure analysis. Acquisitions SS&C Technologies acquired a variety of companies to bring products and talent into the company. Since 1995, it has acquired more than 50 companies. SS&C's largest acquisition to that date was the acquisition of Advent Software (estimated $2.7 billion) which was a competitor in the financial services industry. SS&C gained a big provider of software used by 4,300 investment fund managers, including hedge funds and family offices. In December 2014, SS&C acquired DST Global Solutions for a cash price of $95 million which helped them target the EMEA and Asia-Pacific locations. On August 18, 2015, it was announced that SS&C would acquire Citigroups (NYSE: C) Alternative Investor Services business. This included Hedge Fund services and Private Equity Fund