Toronto, ON (Oct. 4, 2019) \u2013 Thomson Reuters is pleased to announce that it has acquired FC Business Intelligence (FCBI), a global business-to-business events specialist.<\/p>\n
FCBI delivers high-end conferences and exhibitions to diverse sectors including energy, insurance, pharmaceuticals, transportation, travel, strategy and technology. Its offerings help senior business professionals stay at the forefront of change through insight sharing and networking with peers.<\/p>\n
The business will be rebranded Reuters Events and will be operated as part of the Reuters News division of Thomson Reuters.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis acquisition allows us to combine Reuters globally trusted brand, scale and editorial excellence with FCBI\u2019s deep expertise in highly specialized events for professionals,\u201d said Michael Friedenberg, president, Reuters. \u201cAs Reuters Events, they will help us to accelerate our growth and deliver on our mission to provide trusted intelligence that helps humans and machines make smart decisions. Moreover, this will create a new platform for our world-class journalism. I am thrilled that FCBI is joining Thomson Reuters.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re delighted to be joining the Reuters family, hugely excited by Michael\u2019s vision for the future of Reuters Events and Reuters News and very much looking forward to the journey ahead,\u201d said Piers Latimer, chief executive officer, FCBI. \u201cIn combination, there is tremendous opportunity to move into new markets, new geographies and to further enhance the value we provide to customers.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world\u2019s largest multimedia news provider. Founded over 168 years ago, Reuters is committed to the Trust Principles of independence, integrity and freedom from bias. With unmatched coverage in over 16 languages, and reaching billions of people worldwide every day, it provides trusted intelligence that powers humans and machines to make smart decisions. Reuters supplies business, financial, national and international news to professionals via desktops, the world\u2019s media organizations and directly to consumers at Reuters.com<\/a> and via Reuters TV.<\/p>\n The transaction marks an exit for UK private equity business LDC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.<\/p>\n About Thomson Reuters<\/b><\/p>\n Thomson Reuters (TSX\/NYSE: TRI)<\/em> is a leading provider of business information services. Our products include highly specialized information-enabled software and tools for legal, tax, accounting and compliance professionals combined with the world\u2019s most global news service \u2013 Reuters.<\/p>\n For more information on Thomson Reuters, visit tr.com;<\/a> for the latest world news, visit Reuters.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n SOURCE: Thomson Reuters<\/i><\/p>\n Tags: Acquisition<\/a>, business intelligence<\/a> Read the original article at Insurance-Canada.ca <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Toronto, ON (Oct. 4, 2019) \u2013 Thomson Reuters is pleased to announce that it has acquired FC Business Intelligence (FCBI), a global business-to-business events specialist. FCBI delivers high-end conferences and exhibitions to diverse sectors...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":578,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17088"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/578"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17088\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}