Bloomberg's Acquisition of Barclays Point: Any Port in a Storm?

Bloomberg's acquisition of the Barclays Port intellectual property has caused a storm in the fixed-income technology space for investment firms and vendors alike.

The acquisition of intellectual property (IP) rights are often tangled, complicated affairs that can lack the brutal efficacy of outright, wholesale acquisitions. Once you’ve acquired the rights to the IP, what do you do with it to ensure that the deal is a success?

Bloomberg’s acquisition of the Barclays Risk and Indices Solutions (Brais) business, first announced in late 2015 and completed in August last year, has already been the cause of substantial changes in the fixed-income technology

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