Fusion Corporate Partners

Private equity firm Blackstone is in advanced discussions with Thomson Reuters to buy an approximate 55 percent stake in the Financial and Risk (F&R) business of Thomson Reuters Corp. for more than $17 billion. According to reporting by Reuters, Thomson Reuters would receive around $4 billion in cash and $13 billion financed by new debt taken on by the new F&R partnership. It would value the unit at about $20 billion.

The F&R business provides a broad range of offerings to financial markets professionals, with $6.1 billion in revenues in 2016. F&R delivers global content sets, including fundamentals, estimates and primary and secondary research alongside tools, platforms, venues and services to enable fast, intelligent decision-making and trading. F&R also provides regulatory and risk management solutions to help customers anticipate and manage risk and compliance.

In an announcement, Thomson Reuters said, “As part of any proposed partnership, Thomson Reuters would retain a significant interest in the F&R business and would retain full ownership of its Legal, Tax & Accounting and Reuters News businesses”.

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