Deals
FactSet to Buy Cusip From S&P for $1.9 Billion in Open-Data Push
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FactSet Research Systems Inc., a financial data supplier, agreed to buy S&P Global Inc.’s Cusip Global Services for $1.9 billion in cash to gain data elements for new financial instruments.
FactSet said the planned purchase of the securities-identification data firm will help advance its open data strategy in a statement Monday.