With the incorporation of bigdough.com.inc. into the Hemscott group on November 24 2004, the Hemscott group has completed the first stage of its international expansion. The combined group of Hemscott, CoreData and bigdough offers the following:
- Highlights of the combined group
- Approximately 17,000 UK, Irish, US and Canadian companies on database
- Extensive database of directors’ biographies and remuneration
- Client base encompassing investment banks, fund managers, financial portals and data revendors
- Offices in London (United Kingdom) and in the Washington, DC area, with a data production facility in Richmond, Virginia
- Hemscott plc is listed on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange
- Approximately 250 employees worldwide
Individual components
bigdough
- bigdough is a leading provider of information on US and European institutional fund managers, analysts and journalists.
- bigdough owns a valuable US and European proprietary database and a set of proprietary software applications from which to launch complementary products and services across the enlarged Group. The database includes:
- 40,000+ institutional fund managers
- 11,000 sell-side analysts
- c.6,000 journalists
- Customers include 45 of the leading US institutional brokerage houses, corporate investor relations departments and 100+ public relations firms.
CoreData
- 30 year history of US and Canadian publicly traded companies
- 215 industry groups and major equity markets
- data sets include annual and quarterly financial information, price and volume data, growth and valuation metrics, executive compensation data, industry aggregates and historical index levels and returns.
Hemscott
- 22 year history of UK listed company fundamental data
- Suite of proprietary software tools and applications
- Investor relations’ clientbase includes over 350 of the top FTSE 100 companies
- Over 40,000 directors on its Directory of Directors database
- Hemscott and CoreData plan to develop database of European fundamental company information
Ros Wilton, CEO of Hemscott plc, said: 'This is the second transformational deal this year for the Hemscott Group. bigdough is an excellent fit. We are realising our strategy of creating a valuable, international database of company information and profiles of key business people. We are well placed to take a continuing active role in the consolidation of our sector'
Enquiries:
Hemscott plc Tel: + 44 20 7496 0055
Rosalyn Wilton, Chief Executive
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