Mergent Inc.

    Overview

    Mergent Inc.  owned by the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG)  "provides business and financial information on global publicly listed companies, as well as print and online library solutions. It offers research solutions, such as Mergent Online that offers detailed insight into company and industry research; Mergent Intellect, a Web-based application that features a collection of worldwide business information; Mergent Bondviewer, which contains a range of bond data that involves issuer and issue-level terms and conditions for the United States taxable bonds, municipal bonds, and retail notes; First Research industry reports that provide industry research; and Hoover’s Academic solution that provides a database of various company profiles. . . . In addition, it offers analytics, data feeds, data collection services, cloud-based applications, corporate actions and pricing, fixed income solutions, private company solutions, print and digital archives, and investor relations solutions. The company serves academic, corporate, and financial research professionals and institutions, as well as public libraries worldwide."  -- Bloomberg 2017, at. https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapI…

    Type of Organization
    Provider Role(s)
    Prior Names
    Financial Communications Company, Inc
    Parent Organization
    London Stock Exchange Group
    Year established
    1900
    Still in Operation
    Yes
    Main Address

    444 Madison Avenue Suite 502
    New York, NY 10022
    United States

    Subject Areas
    History

     

    Mergent, Inc. was formerly known as Financial Communications Company, Inc., and changed its name to Mergent, Inc. in July 1998. 

    For Mergent's self-disclosed history,see http://www.mergent.com/about-mergent/history 

    In 2017 Mergent was acquired by London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) and became part of LSEG's Information Services Division, which then included FTSE Russell.

     

    Governance: Board / Owners / Parent organization

    In 2017 Mergent was acquired by London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) 

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