The group's principal activity is to provide financial and business information to institutional and retail investors. The group operates in two business segments: institutional services and retail investor services. The institutional services segment provides pricing, dividend and corporate information about traded securities. The information is provided to banks, insurance companies, money managers, brokerage firms and mutual fund companies. This segment also provides fixed income portfolio analytics, valuation and consulting services to customers. The retail investor services segment provides financial market information to professional investors, traders and individuals through Internet and broadcast technology. On 28-Feb-2003, the group acquired s&p comstock inc and on o8-Sep-2004, assets of futuresource llc and its subsidiaries.
