Ipreo

Ipreo to acquire CapitalBridge

20 Feb 08

New York – February 20, 2008 – Ipreo, the premier global provider of market intelligence and productivity software to corporations and investment banks, announced today that it has entered into an agreement with London-based Huntsworth Plc to acquire CapitalBridge, a leading global market intelligence, analytics and investor relations (“IR”) technology firm.

Morningstar, Inc. to Acquire Hemscott Businesses from Ipreo Holdings LLC

17 Dec 07

Acquisition to strengthen Morningstar's global equity database and international presence

CHICAGO, Dec. 17, 2007-Morningstar, Inc. (Nasdaq: MORN), a leading provider of independent investment research, and Ipreo Holdings LLC, a leading global provider of capital markets and investor relations solutions, have entered into a definitive agreement for Morningstar to acquire the Hemscott data, media, and investor relations Web site businesses from Ipreo for $51.6 million in cash, subject to working capital adjustments. The companies expect to complete the transaction in early January, subject to customary closing conditions.

Securities Industry News

28 Nov 07

re: NSIGHT acquistion

New York - November 28, 2007 - Electronic new-issue platform and data vendor Ipreo has acquired New York-based NSight, which offers enterprise-level customer relationship management (CRM) software and services to financial firms, for an undisclosed price. As part of the deal, NSight CEO Neil Hyman and CTO Jeff Lewis will head Ipreo's research, sales and trading division.

Ipreo acquires NSIGHT Enterprise Software

26 Nov 07

NSIGHT's best-of-breed CRM software to enhance Ipreo's Investor Relationship Management platform

New York - November 26, 2007 - Ipreo, a leading global provider of execution software, data, and analytics to investment banks and corporations, announced today that it has acquired NSIGHT Enterprise Software, a premiere provider of information technology solutions to the institutional finance community. Both firms are headquartered in New York.

Inside Market Data

26 Nov 07

Ipreo Buys NSight to Bolster Bigdough

New York - November 26, 2007 - Ipreo, the data and technology vendor formed last year by the combination of Hemscott, I-Deal and MarketPipe, will this week announce that it has acquired New York-based CRM software vendor NSight Enterprise Software, Inside Market Data has learned.

Ipreo Automates Meetings Data

15 Oct 07

Ipreo, the business created by the merger of Hemscott, i-Deal and MarketPipe, is preparing to launch a new service aimed at automating meeting communications as part of the investment research process between broker dealers and investment managers...

Court of Appeals Grants Stay to i-Deal & Thomson

28 Sep 07

New York - September 28, 2007 - Ipreo, parent company to i-Deal LLC, announced today that the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has granted a stay of the injunction ruling in the MuniAuction patent litigation, allowing i-Deal to continue to operate and service its Parity® electronic bid submission software, pending conclusion of the appeal case.

IR Magazine article: Mainstream investors get behind activism

13 July 07

Ipreo study finds that activist funds are viewed as a positive and growing trend - What do mainstream investors think of shareholder activists in general and swashbuckling hedge funds in particular? That's what Ipreo, the market intelligence firm that owns Bigdough, set out to discover in a perception study of portfolio managers and buy-side analysts. The results, which Ipreo is preparing to distribute to clients, may come as a shock.

Cross-Asset Ipreo Targets Issuers

01 Apr 07

Ipreo, the company formed by the merger of i-Deal, Hemscott and MarketPipe, is to bring its products together to target corporate finance officers at companies issuing stock or debt that require detailed data on their capital base and investors. Hemscott and its Bigdough subsidiary had existing offerings in this space, but Ipreo chief executive Scott Ganeles says the merged vendor will launch "an additional suite of services," based around Bigdough's CRM database of buy-side prospects and Hemscott's financial content for corporate Web sites, combined with i-Deal's issuance workflow systems. "We're going to provide services to show who is buying your stock and why, and overlay that with a full breadth of consultative services," he says...

IR Magazine article: Taking control

01 Apr 07

Web-based targeting technology can serve multiple functions, from identifying current shareholders and targeting new ones to managing investor contacts. At their most primitive, targeting services offer vast databases with contact details of investors around the globe. More advanced platforms pipe in support from analysts, helping IROs whittle down lists of investors that are most likely to be interested in buying their stock.

i-Deal and Hemscott merge to form Ipreo; announce first acquisition as combined entity

18 Dec 06

i-Deal LLC, a leading innovator in capital markets workflow solutions, and Hemscott Group Ltd, a premier international provider of financial data and investor relations services, today announced that they have merged under a common holding company called Ipreo Holdings LLC. Ipreo further announced today its acquisition of Marketpipe, a UK-based provider of financial services technology focusing on new-issuance fixed income solutions...