InFront Financial Technology (VWD)
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Company Overview
The British and Americans founded Vereinigte Wirtschaftsdienste GmbH as an independent economic service to provide German industry with business information, with Reuters as a major shareholder until 1980 From 2007 to 2014 VWD was listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Carlyle Group Private Equity Group invested in 2012 Following the 2019 acquisition of Germany’s Vereinigte Wirtschaftsdienste GmbH (VWB) by Norwegian InFront Group for €UR 130 Million (US$142 Million), in 2020 VWD was re-branded as Infront Financial Technology Market data coverage includes: •155 Exchanges, (120 stocks and 35 futures & commodities) •180 OTC contributors •500 capital management & investment companies.
Market Data Vendor
Europe
Universal
Corporate Details
| Date of Update | Unknown |
| Headquarters | Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany |
| Established | 1949 |
| Market Cap US$ | 142 Million (2019 Purchase Price |
| Revenue US$ | 90 Million (Est 2018) |
| Employees | >400 |
| Ownership | Infront Group |
| Management | Chief Financial Officer: Christian Mieth Chief Product Officer: Björn Döhrer Chief Revenue Officer: Udo Kersting |
Website Analysis
| URL | https://www.vwd.com |
| Alexa Rank | 1,541,470 |
| Type | Market Data Vendor |
| Client Case | Universal |
| Coverage | Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom |
| Asset Classes | YES |
| Trading | YES |
| Terminals | Unknown |
| Feeds | YES |
| Analytics | YES |
| Compliance & Risk | YES |
| Indices & Benchmarks | Unknown |
| Reference Data | YES |
| Economic Data | Unknown |
Key Products & Services
Data & Feed Solutions: 1. Data Manager, real time datafeed for applications & enterprise usage 2. Market Data Manager, multi-asset class terminal application 3. Investment Manager, cloud based browser application providing data & analytics 4. Professional Terminal, real-time global market data, news, analytics and electronic trading service Portfolio & Advisory Solutions: 1. Portfolio Manager: wealth management data service, analytics and reporting options, re-balancing tools 2. Business Process Outsourcing for post trade, clearing, settlements and securities services 3. MiFID2 services for regulatory compliance Regulatory & Calculation Solutions: 1. Diamond Rating, analysis & evaluation of investment funds 2. Valuation services, post transaction valuations of structured products, complex derivatives and illiquid bonds 3. Portfolio Risk Service, measure risk with reporting
Business Potential
| Presence | Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom |
| Market | Investment Banks, Commercial banks, Asset Managers, Hedge Funds, Wealth Management |
| Competition | Bloomberg, Factset, ICE Data, Refinitiv, SIX Financial |
| Availability | Direct from Infront |
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