Week in Review 11/3/2018

M&A

Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) is divesting its entire stake in wholly-owned subsidiary ShareInvestor.com Holdings for $17 million, in a management buyout by ShareInvestor's chief executive officer Christopher Lee and chief operating officer Lim Dau Hee. 10/31/2018

Product

Refinitiv Launches Quantitative Analytics Platform QA Direct in the Cloud with Microsoft Azure
Building on its commitment towards consumption of its financial data in the Cloud, Refinitiv, formerly the Financial and Risk business of Thomson Reuters, has launched its quantitative analytics platform QA Direct in the Cloud through Microsoft Azure. 11/1/2018.

S&P Platt's & International Exchange announced the launch of a new suite of North American natural gas indices to better capture dramatically altered supply and demand flows, regional price differentials and increased spot market volatility in the US and Canada. 11/1/2018.

IRI releases IRI Complete Audiences, which combines IRI’s audience targeting solutions to help advertisers select an audience composition that best fits their campaign objectives.  11/1/2018.

Equifax announced two new attribute solutions for clients, specifically in the areas of alternative data and machine learning. These attributes will help customers expedite innovation, support faster decisions, and improve speed-to-market. 10/29/2018.

Partnerships

Big Squid announces its recently-signed partnership with Tableau to bring its automated machine learning platform, Kraken, to Tableau customers.

Private Equity

Backstop Solutions -  provider of cloud-based efficiency software for the institutional investment industry, raised $20 million in funding this week in a round led by Vistara Capital Partners, veteran asset management investor Roger Kafker, former COO of Morningstar Tao Huang and President of Huizenga Capital Management David Bradley. 11/1/2018.

Consilium Crypto -  Developer of a data capturing platform designed to extract financial data from the market news. They received CA$125K from Holt Incubator. 9/17/2018.

Sentieo - Provider of a financial data platform intended to facilitate research on equity and investment portfolios for making investment decisions.

The company raised $19 million of Series A venture funding in a deal led by Centana Growth Partners on October 30, 2018, putting the company's post-money valuation at $58.4 million. 10/30/2018.