M&A Deal Summary

IHS Markit Acquires Quantitative Services Group

On November 2, 2011, IHS Markit acquired business services company Quantitative Services Group

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is IHS Markit’s 6th transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is IHS Markit’s 6th transaction in the United States.
  • This is IHS Markit’s 1st transaction in Illinois.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2011-11-02
Target Quantitative Services Group
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) IHS Markit
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Quantitative Services Group

Naperville, Illinois, United States
Quantitative Services Group LLC is a provider of independent equity research, advanced trading analytics and investment consulting services.

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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 14 of 32
Sector: Business Services M&A 6 of 10
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 12 of 26
State: Illinois M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 6 of 15
Year: 2011 M&A 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-09-30 Logicscope

London, United Kingdom

Logicscope Ltd. is a provider in deal notification and data integration technologies and services.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-04-02 Data Explorers

London, United Kingdom

Data Explorers is the information provider to the global securities financing industry. It provides subscription-based data to financial institutions, including custodians, investment banks and hedge funds.

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