Financial Services

Refinitiv (formerly Thomson Reuters Financial)

Blackstone and a consortium acquired Thomson Reuters' financial data business for $20B in 2018, renaming it Refinitiv. London Stock Exchange Group acquired Refinitiv for $27B in 2021. The deal transformed financial data infrastructure under PE ownership — data costs for financial services firms rose significantly.

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1851
ACQUIRED
The Blackstone Group, 2018, $20B

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Refinitiv (formerly Thomson Reuters Financial) founded

2018

Acquired by The Blackstone Group for $20B

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