New York’s Marlin Associates is set to join the list of boutique investment banks targeting growth in Asia after opening an office in Hong Kong.
The firm, run by ex-marine Ken Marlin, specialises in providing strategic and financial advice to buyers and sellers of middle-market technology firms. Since its foundation in 2008, the business has expanded to Washington, DC and Toronto, but this is its first venture outside North America.
Marlin has hired Rob Agnew to lead the business in Asia. Agnew has been running his own strategic advisory firm, Matrix Services, for the past nine years, based in Hong Kong. During that time, his clients have...