“Can a financial markets data and infrastructure business spun out of Thomson Reuters become the backbone of global capital markets data, trading, and risk intelligence at scale under LSEG ownership?”
Refinitiv was carved out of Thomson Reuters in 2018 as a financial markets data and infrastructure business, backed by Blackstone. It operated as an independent entity providing market data terminals (Eikon), trading platforms (Elektron), and risk/compliance data. In 2021, LSEG completed its acquisition of Refinitiv, making it the core of LSEG's Data & Analytics division; the Refinitiv brand has progressively been retired and folded into the LSEG brand and product suite.
Refinitiv is founded in 2018 and headquartered in London, UK.
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