S&P Capital IQ Acquires R2 Financial Technologies, Adding Capabilities in Portfolio and Enterprise Risk Analytics

Posted by Joachim Bartels | Feb 9, 2012 | Analytics, Canada, Financial Information, McGraw-Hill, Ownership Changes of Information Companies, S&P, United States | 0 |

S&P Capital IQ, a business of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP) offering multi-asset class data, research and analytics to global markets and investors, today announced it has acquired R2 Financial Technologies, a leading provider of advanced risk and scenario-based analytics to traders, portfolio and risk managers for pricing, hedging and capital management across asset classes. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

R2 Financial Technologies provides advanced risk and scenario-based analytics to traders, portfolio and risk managers for pricing, hedging and capital management across asset classes. Its software leads the industry, providing practical risk intelligence through expertise in multi-asset class portfolio-level analytics, complex credit and structured product risk analytics and sophisticated scenario analytics.

Source: McGraw-Hill Companies Press Release

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