Ireland's Ion Investment approaches UK's Fidessa for potential deal
April 20, 2018 at 04:48 AM EDT
April 20 (Reuters) - Irish software firm Ion Investment Group Ltd said on Friday it had approached Fidessa Group with a proposal to buy the British software firm for 38.703 pounds per share, potentially countering a 1.4 billion pound ($1.96 billion) deal by Switzerland's Temenos.