M&A Deal Summary

MSCI Acquires Insignis

On September 15, 2015, MSCI acquired information services company Insignis

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is MSCI’s 2nd transaction in the Information Services sector.
  • This is MSCI’s 8th transaction in the United States.
  • This is MSCI’s 1st transaction in Illinois.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2015-09-15
Target Insignis
Sector Information Services
Buyer(s) MSCI
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Insignis

Chicago, Illinois, United States
Insignis provides daily automated collection, aggregation and management of financial data, including data on positions, transactions and complex instruments such as exchange-traded futures and options, OTC swaps and foreign exchange spot and forward contracts. Insignis' data footprint today covers 35 custodians, 15 futures brokers and 20 OTC managers with over $2 trillion in market value.

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Buyer

MSCI

New York, New York, United States
Category Company
Founded 1998
Sector Financial Services
Employees6,059
Revenue 2.5B USD (2023)
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 City.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 14
Sector (Information Services) 2 of 4
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 8 of 13
State (Illinois) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 8 of 11
Year (2015) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-06-27 GMI Ratings

Portland,, Maine, United States

GMI Ratings is a provider of research and ratings on environmental, social, governance (ESG) and accounting-related risks affecting the performance of public companies. The firm’s ESG ratings on 6,400 companies worldwide incorporate 150 ESG KeyMetrics to help investors assess the sustainable investment value of corporations.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-07-30 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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