News Corp Acquires OPIS from S&P Global / IHS Markit

News Corp Acquires Base Chemicals from S&P Global Market Intelligence for $295M

June 1, 2022

Data & Analytics

News Corp completed the acquisition of the Base Chemicals business from S&P Global Market Intelligence for $295 million in cash. The business will operate as Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS (a Dow Jones company), adding pricing, data and forecasting capabilities (Base Chemicals generated about $65M in revenue and had ~185 employees) to Dow Jones' energy, chemicals and sustainability vertical.

S&P Global Completes Merger with IHS Markit

February 28, 2022

Data & Analytics

S&P Global announced the completion of its merger with IHS Markit, combining the two companies' data, analytics and intelligence businesses. The combined company will issue a separate press release and Form 8-K with recast pro forma operating results and 2022 financial guidance and expects to realize strategic and operational synergies.

Dow Jones Acquires A2i Systems

July 2, 2024

Data & Analytics

Dow Jones has acquired A2i Systems, an Odense, Denmark–based provider of AI-powered fuel pricing solutions. A2i will operate as a subsidiary of OPIS within Dow Jones’s energy business to strengthen the company’s AI and retail pricing capabilities across fuel, EV charging and convenience-store markets.

News Corp Acquires Investor's Business Daily for $275M

March 25, 2021

Media & Entertainment

News Corp has agreed to acquire Investor's Business Daily (IBD) from O'Neil Capital Management for $275 million. IBD, a digital-first financial news and research business with roughly 100,000 digital subscribers and about 130 employees, will operate as a stand-alone brand within News Corp's Dow Jones division to expand Dow Jones's digital finance offerings and proprietary investor tools.

Investing.com Acquires StreetInsider.com

March 27, 2023

Media & Entertainment

Investing.com has completed the acquisition and integration of StreetInsider.com to expand its premium market-moving news feeds and enhance its InvestingPro subscription offering. The deal folds StreetInsider’s real-time breaking-news services and paywalled feeds into Investing.com’s platform to broaden content capabilities for retail investors while StreetInsider continues to operate as a stand-alone service for select feeds.

Institutional Shareholder Services Acquires Discovery Data from Northlane Capital Partners

December 9, 2021

Data & Analytics

Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has acquired Discovery Data Holdings, a provider of market intelligence and data for the financial services industry, from Northlane Capital Partners. The deal brings Discovery Data into ISS Market Intelligence to expand ISS’s data, analytics, and market intelligence capabilities for asset managers, insurers, and fintechs.