M&A Deal Summary

IHS Markit Acquires SwapsWire

On May 27, 2008, IHS Markit acquired business services company SwapsWire

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is IHS Markit’s 4th transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is IHS Markit’s 3rd transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2008-05-27
Target SwapsWire
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) IHS Markit
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

SwapsWire

London, United Kingdom
SwapsWire Ltd. is an innovative electronic trade confirmation network for the OTC derivative markets. SwapsWire provides an efficient alternative to error-prone manual processes.

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Buyer

IHS Markit

London, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1959
Sector Information Services
Revenue 4.4B USD (2019)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to IHS Markit's campus in Englewood, Colorado.
Entrance to IHS Markit's campus in Englewood, Colorado.

IHS Markit Ltd. is a financial information services company. IHS Markit provides independent data, valuations and trade processing across all asset classes in order to enhance transparency, reduce risk and improve operational efficiency. IHS Markit was founded in 1959 and is based in London, England.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 32
Sector: Business Services M&A 4 of 10
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 7 of 26
Country: United Kingdom M&A 3 of 9
Year: 2008 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-04-10 NTC Economics

London,

NTC Economics Ltd. is a provider of global macro-economic indicators. NTC products are used by central banks, investment banks, asset managers, government departments, private sector and corporate sector analysts.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-06-30 TZ1 Registry

Wellington, United Kingdom

TZ1 Registry is a voluntary environmental registries which lists the majority of the voluntary carbon and ecosystem standards.

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