Download PDF Introduction Data is now often considered one of the most profitable resources in today’s digital economy, with many of the world’s biggest companies, including Amazon and Meta, benefitting massively from how they collect, analyse and utilise data. Likewise, financial data vendors have been in existence as long as Read more…
In this article, we will analyze the upcoming Democratic Party Primaries for the 2020 US Presidential elections from a markets point of view. We will start by introducing the Democratic Party primary system for electing the Democratic Party’s Nominee who will face President Trump on the 2020 elections, after introducing Read more…
The Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE:BX) – market cap as of 23/02/2018: USD41.1bn Thomson Reuters Corporation (TSX:TRI) – market cap as of 23/02/2018: CAD35.8bn Introduction On January 30, 2018, Thomson Reuters announced the agreement to sell a 55% stake in its Financial and Risk unit to the US private equity firm Read more…
IHS Inc.; market cap as of 15/04/2016: $8.33bn Markit Ltd.; market cap as of 15/04/2016: $6.16bn Introduction On March 21, US-based market data provider IHS announced a merger of equals with London-headquartered financial information provider Markit in a $13bn stock deal. The new company, to be called IHS Markit, will Read more…
Blackstone Group LP; market cap (as of 10/10/15): $39.6bn BioMed Realty Trust Inc; market cap (as of 10/10/15): $4.8bn The Deal in Brief On Thursday Blackstone Group LP agreed to buy landlord BioMed Realty Trust Inc, a supplier of office space to healthcare and biotech companies. This represents an Read more…
Intercontinental Exchange Inc, Market Cap (as of 19/09/2014): $23.45bn Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), announced on September 5, 2014 that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire SuperDerivatives, a leading provider of risk management analytics, financial market data and valuation services. The acquisition will accelerate the expansion of ICE’s Read more…