{"data":{"id":2586,"lang":"en","title":"LSEG Agrees to Buy Credit-Data Firm Octus for $3.5 Billion in Its Biggest Deal Since Refinitiv","summary":"LSEG will pay $3.535 billion in cash for Permira-backed Octus, its largest deal since Refinitiv, to strengthen its credit data offering.","category":"business","category_label":"Business","published_at":"2026-10-27T07:01:00Z","updated_at":"2026-10-27T07:01:00Z","url":"https://techtools.cz/tools/news/article/2586-lseg-agrees-to-buy-credit-data-firm-octus-for-3-5-billion-in-its-biggest-deal","api_url":"https://techtools.cz/news-api/v1/articles/2586?lang=en","markdown_url":"https://techtools.cz/news-api/v1/articles/2586.md?lang=en","image_url":"https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1611974789855-9c2a0a7236a3?w=800","word_count":147,"reading_time_minutes":1,"sources":[{"url":"https://capital.com/en-au/news/lseg-to-acquire-octus-for-3-5-billion","domain":"capital.com"},{"url":"https://www.fintechfutures.com/m-a/lseg-to-acquire-octus","domain":"fintechfutures.com"}],"translation":{"lang":"cs","id":2660,"title":"LSEG koupí datovou firmu Octus za 3,5 miliardy dolarů, jde o největší akvizici od Refinitivu","url":"https://techtools.cz/tools/news/clanek/2660-lseg-koupi-datovou-firmu-octus-za-3-5-miliardy-dolaru-jde-o-nejvetsi-akvizici","api_url":"https://techtools.cz/news-api/v1/articles/2660?lang=cs"},"content":"The London Stock Exchange Group has agreed to acquire Octus, a credit-intelligence provider, from funds advised by private equity firm Permira and Octus management for $3.535 billion in cash. The deal was announced on 22 October and is expected to close in the first half of 2027.\n\nOctus supplies data and analysis on companies in financial distress to banks, law firms and investors. It will join LSEG's Data \u0026 Analytics division, and founder Kent Collier will keep running it. LSEG will fund the purchase with external debt, expects leverage near the upper end of its 1.5-2.5x target range at the end of 2027, and sees the deal as neutral to adjusted EPS in the first full year.\n\nIt is LSEG's largest acquisition since Refinitiv in 2019. The deal comes as AI reshapes how investors and businesses use financial data, and as activist investor Elliott presses the exchange operator."}}