Dealogic
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| Company type | Private Company |
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| Industry | Financial services, Technology |
| Founded | 1983 |
| Headquarters | London , United Kingdom |
Number of locations | 9 offices |
Key people |
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| Owner | The Carlyle Group (majority), and co-investors |
Number of employees | 700-1000 |
| Website | www |
Dealogic is a financial markets platform offering integrated content, analytics, and technology via a service to financial firms. From origination to distribution and investors, the Dealogic platform provides a connection across banking, capital markets, sales and trading, and institutional investing.[1] The company has offices located in London, New York, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Budapest, Sydney, Mumbai, São Paulo, and Beijing.[2]
History
[edit]Dealogic was founded in 1997 in the United States by Tom Fleming and Simon Hessel and in 2001 became the trading name of the combined Computasoft and CommScan entities. Computasoft was founded in 1983 in the United Kingdom by Simon Hessell, Peter Ogden, and Philip Hulme. CommScan was established in 1991 by Tom Fleming to acquire the assets of U.S. capital markets communications business Graphic Scanning Corp.[3]
In 2009, the company acquired the investor profiles products of Ilios Partners LLC.
In 2013, the company acquired Junction RDS, the leader in ownership analysis of UK listed companies.[4]
In 2014, global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group, and co-investors Euromoney Institutional Investor and Randall Winn acquired Dealogic.[5]
In 2015, Dealogic acquired A2 Access, the market leader in corporate access aggregation.[6]
In 2017, ION Investment Group recapitalized Dealogic.[7]
Services
[edit]Dealogic content is used by global financial publications for analysis of investment banking trends, activity, and wallet share.[8] The company provides information to a number media companies, most notably The Wall Street Journal Investment Banking Scorecard, an interactive and real-time scorecard of the world's financial markets.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Dealogic - About Us". www.dealogic.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ^ "Financial Times - Carlyle leads $700m acquisition of Dealogic".
- ^ "New York Times - Carlyle to Buy Dealogic for $700 Million". 5 November 2014.
- ^ Dealogic. "Dealogic Acquires Junction RDS, Leader in UK Shareholding Content". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ^ "The Carlyle Group to Acquire Dealogic, Provider of Software and Data Platforms to Investment Banking Industry | The Carlyle Group". www.carlyle.com. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ^ Dealogic. "Dealogic Acquires A2 Access, Leader in Corporate Access Information". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ^ "Dealogic - Our Story - www.dealogic.com". www.dealogic.com. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
- ^ "Dealogic - In the Press". www.dealogic.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-23. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
- ^ "The Wall Street Journal - Dealogic Investment Banking Scorecard".