M&A Deal Summary

MSCI Acquires RiskMetrics Group

On March 1, 2010, MSCI acquired information services company RiskMetrics Group for 1.6B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is MSCI’s 1st transaction in the Information Services sector.
  • This is MSCI’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is MSCI’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is MSCI’s 1st transaction in New York.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2010-03-01
Target RiskMetrics Group
Sector Information Services
Buyer(s) MSCI
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 1.6B USD
Advisor(s) Evercore Group (Financial)

Target

RiskMetrics Group

New York, New York, United States
RiskMetrics Group, Inc. is a provider of risk analytics and information processing to the global financial services community. The RiskMetrics service offering allows investors, shareholders, managers, and regulators to measure and manage financial risk.

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Buyer(S) 1

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 2 of 14
Sector (Information Services) 1 of 4
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 13
State (New York) 1 of 4
Country (United States) 2 of 11
Year (2010) 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-06-03 Barra

Berkeley, California, United States

Barra, LLC is a provider of risk management systems and services to managers of portfolio and firm-wide investment risk.The company offers Barra Aegis System, an integrated suite of equity investment analytics modules.

Buy $816M
FOLLOWING 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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