The Service of the Commission for the Protection of Competition has received notification of a concentration, pursuant to Section 10 of the Control of Concentrations between Enterprises Law of 2014, concerning the proposed acquisition of the Fastmarkets sector of Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC (“Euromoney”) by Astorg VΙΙΙ, SCSp, to be effected following a series of transactions.
Astorg Fund VIII, SCSp is a special limited liability partnership duly registered under the laws of Luxembourg, indirectly managed by Astorg Asset Management S.à.r.l. (all connected entities jointly referred to as the "Astorg Group"). Astorg Group is a private equity firm with assets under management that works with entrepreneurs and management teams for the acquisition of market-leading global companies based in Europe or the US, providing them with strategic guidance, governance and capital in order to achieve their growth plans.
Euromoney is a public company listed on the London Stock Exchange and constitutes a global Business to Business (B2B) information-services business that operates through three divisions: (a) Fastmarkets (previously “Pricing”), (b) Financial & Professional Services and (c) Asset Management. Fastmarkets provides commodity price benchmarks and analysis critical to the customers’ business processes and workflows. Activities include, but are not limited to, the provision of prices across the supply chain from the creation of the commodity to recycling in the metals and mining, forest products and agriculture markets.
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