ISS Market Intelligence has purchased Autus Data Services, a British broker-focused data firm, to spice up its UK presence.
London-based Autus says it gives contact data and fund intelligence on UK finance brokers, together with 70,000 companies and 220,000 people listed on the Financial Conduct Authority register, together with “extra proprietary intelligence”.
Its purchasers embody mortgage and bridging lenders, platforms, regulation companies and different finance firms.
US-based ISS says it’s going to add Autus to its MarketProfessional platform, which gives “intelligence for main monetary companies markets globally”.
ISS provides: “These capabilities will additional improve MarketProfessional’s UK-focused options, which empower purchasers to higher determine, goal, and interact with monetary intermediaries working within the UK market.”
Autus was based in 2017, and the worth of its sale to ISS is undisclosed.
ISS Market Intelligence head Ben Doob says: “This acquisition displays our continued dedication to deepening our presence within the UK and offering an unmatched set of options to our purchasers.
“Autus brings each high-quality data and deep area experience that can additional improve our MarketProfessional platform, enabling us to serve a broader vary of purchasers and use instances.”
Autus managing director Andy Marson provides that the UK firm “appears ahead to leveraging their world infrastructure and experience to additional improve our providing.”