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MSCI Acquires Investment Property Databank

On October 31, 2012, MSCI acquired real estate company Investment Property Databank for 125M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is MSCI’s 1st transaction in the Real Estate sector.
  • This is MSCI’s 4th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is MSCI’s 4th transaction in the United States.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2012-10-31
Target Investment Property Databank
Sector Real Estate
Buyer(s) MSCI
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 125M USD
Advisor(s) Lazard Middle Market
Portico Capital Securities (Financial)
Linklaters (Legal)

Target

Investment Property Databank

London, United States
Investment Property Databank Ltd. (IPD Group Ltd) is a real estate information business operating in 32 countries. With more than 320 employees it provides institutional investors, fund managers, occupiers, lenders, advisors and researchers with objective benchmarks and market indices. Its detailed databases cover some $1.4 trillion of property investments. IPD was founded in London in 1985 and is currently owned by leading UK institutions and commercial real estate brokers, the company’s founders Rupert Nabarro and Ian Cullen, and its employees.

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Buyer

MSCI

New York, New York, United States
Category Company
Founded 1998
Sector Financial Services
Employees6,132
Revenue 2.9B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

MSCI is a provider of investment decision support tools ranging from large pension plans to boutique hedge funds, offers a range of products and services - including indexes, portfolio risk, performance analytics, and ESG data and research - from many internationally recognized brands such as Barra, RiskMetrics, and IPD. MSCI was founded in 1998 and is based in New York, New York.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 14
Sector: Real Estate M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 4 of 13
Country: United States M&A 4 of 11
Year: 2012 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 4 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-07-15 Measurisk

New York, New York, United States

Measurisk LLC is a provider of independent risk-transparency and risk-measurement solutions for hedge fund investors.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-01-23 InvestorForce

Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States

InvestorForce is a provider of performance measurement and reporting software to institutional investment consultants. Its integrated solution provides for daily monitoring, analysis and reporting on institutional multi-asset class portfolios.

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