Briefing Media today announces the acquisition of Global Data Systems (“GDS”). GDS is the publisher of two market leading intelligence platforms: FeedInfo – the world’s leading source of news and premium intelligence for the meat, biotechnology and animal feed sectors; and FlexNews – a vital news service for senior executives working at multinationals in the global food industry
Elsevier, the scientific publisher owned by RELX Group, has bought the Social Science Research Network, a website on which academics share draft papers that have not yet been published in a peer-reviewed journal. On Tuesday, the company announced that it had acquired SSRN, which has more than 2m users and ranks as one of the world’s most popular repositories of research in economics, law and social sciences, for an undisclosed sum
IMS Health and healthcare consultancy Quintiles are planning to merge in an all-stock transaction which will value the combined company – Quintiles IMS Holdings – at $17.6 billion. Combined 2015 revenue for the two firms was around $7.2 billion
LexisNexis, a leading global publisher and online solutions provider for legal, tax and academic content, is “very bullish” on India and is keen on expanding in the country through acquisitions
Sky News has learnt that ICG (LSE: 138026.L – news) – also known as Intermediate Capital Group – has tabled an offer to buy a sizeable stake in Argus, which is one of the UK’s biggest privately owned companies. ICG, which provides private debt, credit and equity across a range of industries, is an unexpected interloper into what has become one of the City’s most hotly contested auctions so far this year
Wilmington plc (“Wilmington” or “the Group”), the knowledge leader in Risk & Compliance, Finance, Legal, and Insight, announces the acquisition of Evantage Consulting Ltd (“Evantage” or “the business”), a leading UK-based provider of specialist Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Analytics solutions
US-based energy and environment information giant IHS has announced it will merge with financial data company Markit. The all-share transaction is a mega-merger for the sector with an estimated equity value of more than $13 billion
Disposal could fetch $3bn as group focuses on financial information products and services
the magazine business jointly owned by The Guardian’s publisher and private equity group Apax, has floated at 200p a share, giving it a market cap of around £800m. Guardian Media Group, which owns around a third of the business, and Apax, which owns two-thirds, will sell a 25pc stake in the company with shares priced between 200p and 210p.
Bingley, United Kingdom, 26 January 2016 – Emerald Group Publishing has acquired the International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship (IJSMS) – which is among the top four sports marketing journals in the industry – from International Marketing Reports (IMR)
The family behind Argus Media is lining up a £500m payday from the sale of the oil information company, as private equity firms prepare bids. At least nine members of the Nasmyth family own around 50pc of Argus Media, according to Companies House documents
Boston, MA-based IT publishing and events group IDG, the parent of MR group IDC (International Data Corp), is exploring ‘strategic options’ – sale of the company included – with the help of an investment bank.
UBM, which is looking to focus on its events operation, said it proposes to return £245m to shareholders following the deal.
Buyout firms are vying to take over Thomson Reuters’ science information business for around £2bn as the company seeks to slim down and invest in new technology.
AXIO Data Group today announced that it has completed the sale of IASIST to IMS Health, a leading provider of information and technology services to the healthcare industry. The financial consideration is undisclosed.
LexisNexis® Legal & Professional today announced that it has acquired privately held Lex Machina, Inc., creator of award-winning Legal Analytics®, a next-generation technology platform that transforms how law firms and companies excel in the business and practice of law. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
McGraw Hill Financial today announced that the Company will commence a process to explore strategic alternatives for J.D. Power, a global marketing information services company providing performance improvement, social media and customer satisfaction insights and solutions
Argus Media Group has hired bankers to consider strategic options for the business, including a sale or a stock market flotation
Press release: CTi is based in Connecticut, USA and was founded in 1990 to cater for the growing demand for high quality translation services in the life sciences sector. It is now a recognised leader in successfully managing complex translation projects on behalf of the world’s top pharmaceutical and biotech companies and their Clinical Research Organisation (CRO) partners. As CTi’s customers operate in highly regulated and audited industries, they place a premium on high quality translations being delivered to specific deadlines. CTi enjoys a preferred supplier relationship with many of its key customers, with extraordinary penetration of the blue chip life science community. The acquisition is in line with the strategy of complementing organic growth with selective acquisition.
AVCJ and Unquote are leading sources of information on private equity and venture capital deals and fundraising activity. The brands represent a complementary extension to the Mergermarket Group suite of products that include Mergermarket, Debtwire, Dealreporter, Infinata, Xtract Research and the Remark global events division
