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Acuris
FormerlyMergermarket Group
Company type
Subsidiary
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Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
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ParentION Investment Group
Websitewww.acuris.com

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Acuris is a British financial news and data firm known for its fixed income research provider Debtwire and Mergermarket, a specialist in M&A intelligence. It is owned by ION Investment Group, a financial software and data business which owns Fidessa and Dealogic. ION Investment Group bought the company from BC Partners, a private equity group, and GIC Private Limited, Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, in 2019.[1]

Formerly known as Mergermarket Group, the company has 1,300 staff, including 600 journalists and analysts, in 67 locations around the world,[2] with regional hubs in London, New York, Mumbai and Hong Kong.

History

Acuris began with a single product, Mergermarket, which was established in December 1999 by founders Caspar Hobbs, Charlie Welsh and Gawn Rowan Hamilton. Its founding idea was that in the M&A market, “There is a lot of information out there but very little intelligence.”[3]

In August 2006 the company, then known as Mergermarket Ltd, was acquired by The Financial Times Group for £101m,[4][5] publisher of the Financial Times newspaper and FT.com. FT Group was a division of Pearson PLC, the international media group.

In 2013, the company was renamed to Mergermarket Group. In November 2013, Pearson agreed to sell Mergermarket Group to London private equity investor BC Partners in a transaction valuing the business intelligence and news service at £382m including debt. Based on the deal, Mergermarket Group was valued at 15 times its last year operating income.[6]

On 15 January 2014, Moody's Investors Service assigned a B3 corporate family rating to the Mergermarket Group.[7]

In July 2017, the Mergermarket Group rebranded as Acuris.[8] The announcement of this move fueled speculation that a sale of the company might come in the next year.[9] Indeed, BC Partners sold a minority stake of around 30% to Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC in July 2017.[10]

In May 2019, BC Partners sold a majority stake in Acuris to ION Investment Group,[11] a financial software and data business which owns Fidessa, in an £1.35bn deal.[12][13] BC Partners will retain a 25% stake in the company, while GIC is selling out.

Acquisitions and divestitures

  • 2007 – acquired Infinata[citation needed]
  • 2010 – acquired Xtract Research
  • 2012 – acquired Inframation Group[14]
  • 2013 – Sale of MergerID
  • 2014 – acquired Perfect Information[15]
  • 2014 – acquired Law Report Group[16]
  • 2015 – acquired AVCJ and Unquote[17]
  • 2015 – acquired C6 Group[18]
  • 2016 – acquired Creditflux[19]
  • 2017 – Sale of Infinata[20]
  • 2017 – acquired TIM Group[21]
  • 2018 – acquired Spark Spread[22]
  • 2019 – acquired Blackpeak[23]

References

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  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Pearson agrees to sell Mergermarket unit to BC Partners". Financial Times. Financial Times. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Chassany, Anne-Sylvaine; Mance, Henry (29 November 2013). "Pearson agrees to sell Mergermarket unit to BC Partners". Financial Times.
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  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Taylor, Charlie. "Dublin-based Ion buys former Mergermarket in deal worth over £1bn". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2026-02-17.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Espinoza, Javier (12 May 2019). "Software and data group Ion buys Acuris in £1.35bn deal". Financial Times. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
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  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Mergermarket acquires Inframation Group". Private Equity Wire. 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Mergermarket Completes £26M Perfect Info Buy - WatersTechnology.com". WatersTechnology.com. 2014-06-30. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Law Report Group sold on to Mergermarket". www.globallegalpost.com. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Incisive Media sells AVCJ and Unquote to Mergermarket - Incisive Media". Incisive Media. 2015-09-22. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
  18. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Mergermarket Group Acquires C6 Intelligence". FinSMEs. 2015-11-12. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
  19. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ratcliffe, Madeline (2016-01-06). "Mergermarket continues global expansion by buying Creditflux". Retrieved 2017-12-06.
  20. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Harrington, Ben (2017-03-19). "Data giant sells £20m arm". The Sunday Times. ISSN 0956-1382. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
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  22. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Roush, Chris (2018-06-19). "Acuris buys SparkSpread, energy M&A news provider". Talking Biz News. Retrieved 2026-03-13.
  23. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Acuris acquires investigative research firm Blackpeak - Hedgeweek". 2019-03-20. Retrieved 2026-02-17.
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