The S&P Dow Jones (“S&P Dji”), section of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI), announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement on the acquisition of ARC Research, a subsidiary of ARC Group.
ARC Research maintains the largest privately owned data set in the world with more than 500,000 private customer portfolios covering over two decades. The company is a reliable partner to more than 190 investment managers and wealth consultants worldwide, supporting comparative evaluation, detailed data and transparency in the private wealth. Since 2002, ARC Research has gathered and analyzed hundreds of millions of data points from investment managers, turning them into investors’ information.
This acquisition will expand S&P DJI’s capabilities to provide innovative, high quality reference and data solutions tailored to the evolving needs of wealth managers, private banks and financial advisers.
“The acquisition of ARC research is an important step in our commitment to serve the evolving needs of the wealth management industry. DJI,” said Dan Draper, CEO of S&P Dow Jones.
The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2025, without prejudice to the usual closing conditions and approvals. The financial terms of this agreement were not disclosed.