S&P Global, a New York-based financial and analytics firm, has signed an agreement with a group led by Motive Partners to acquire With Intelligence, a company known for its private market data and analytics, for $1.8 billion. The move is aimed at boosting S&P Global’s reach in the growing private markets sector.
By combining its own expertise with With Intelligence’s data and tools, S&P Global plans to offer a more complete and powerful data solution for those involved in private and alternative markets, according to a news release.
S&P Global CEO Martina Cheung said in a statement that private markets are one of the fastest-growing areas in finance, and expanding into this space is a major focus for the company. She added that the deal will help bring S&P’s reputation for data quality and analysis into the private markets world.
The deal is expected to close sometime in 2025 or early 2026, pending regulatory approvals and other standard conditions.
