Sources: BlackRock has agreed to buy Preqin, a UK-based provider of private markets data, for £2.55B in cash (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
Sources: BlackRock has agreed to buy Preqin, a UK-based provider of private markets data, for £2.55B in cash  —  Pursuit of data providers has grown alongside demand for ever more granular financial information  —  BlackRock has agreed to buy Preqin, a UK private markets data group …