Astorg-backed IQ-EQ, an investor services group, agreed to acquire Laven Compliance, a UK regulatory hosting platform. Financial terms were not disclosed. “The Laven Compliance business has grown significantly over the past few years, alongside its sister companies Laven Hosting and Leo RegTech. With the fast pace of change in the regulatory industry, combining our compliance business with IQ-EQ’s Regulatory and Compliance Solutions team benefits clients and staff and provides a larger base to build from. IQ EQ Group has achieved incredible success so far and we feel our clients and team will find more room to grow in this new exciting environment. As a result of this acquisition the business will have access to a larger international pool of trusted experts, and growth across frontiers and client types. The whole client base and our team will benefit as a whole!,” Jerome Lussan, Laven Group CEO and Founder.