M&A Deal Summary

Fastmarkets Acquires The Jacobsen Publishing

On February 2, 2021, Fastmarkets acquired information services company The Jacobsen Publishing

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Fastmarkets’ 1st transaction in the Information Services sector.
  • This is Fastmarkets’ 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Fastmarkets’ 1st transaction in Colorado.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2021-02-02
Target The Jacobsen Publishing
Sector Information Services
Buyer(s) Fastmarkets
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

The Jacobsen Publishing

Boulder, Colorado, United States
The Jacobsen Publishing provides price assessments and forecasts primarily in North American markets, including coverage of animal fats, feeds, and vegetable oils as well as feedstocks for low-carbon intensive fuels, representing the intersection of agriculture and new energy. The Jacobsen Publishing was founded in 1865 and is based in Boulder, Colorado.

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Fastmarkets

London, United Kingdom
Category Company
Founded 1882
Sector Information Services
Employees500
DESCRIPTION

Fastmarkets is a provider of real-time metals market information. Fastmarkets is used by non-ferrous and precious metals traders and risk managers every day as an important workflow tool. Through its online platform, it provides over 120 proprietary price assessments, combined with exchange data including futures prices from the world’s largest commodity exchanges such as the LME and the CME. It provides coverage of non-ferrous physical premiums plus supporting treasury data supported by market commentary including webcasts directly from the LME floor. Fastmarkets’ respected service also delivers daily technical and fundamental reports to its users. Fastmarkets was founded in 1882 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 3
Sector (Information Services) 1 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 3
State (Colorado) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 2
Year (2021) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-02-06 Palm Oil Analytics

Singapore, Singapore

Palm Oil Analytics is a provider of prices, data and news on palm oil and its derivative products. Palm Oil Analytics was founded in 2015 and is based in Singapore City.

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