S&P’s CRISIL To Acquire Coalition, UK-Based Analytics Firm

Posted by Joachim Bartels | Jun 1, 2012 | Analytics, CRISIL, India, McGraw-Hill, Ownership Changes of Information Companies, Rating Services, S&P, United Kingdom, United States | 0 |

The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. announced that CRISIL, a division of Standard & Poor’s and a leading provider of ratings, research and risk services, has signed an agreement to acquire Coalition Development Ltd. (Coalition), a privately-held U.K. analytics company, and its subsidiaries. Coalition provides high-end analytics to leading global investment banks and other financial services firms. Coalition will be part of CRISIL’s Global Research & Analytics (GR&A) business.

Source: McGraw-Hill Press Release

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