Thomson Reuters Completes Acquisitions of Clarient Global and Avox

Thomson Reuters has completed its acquisitions of Clarient Global LLC and Avox Limited, expanding its risk-management footprint and its ability to provide customer solutions by integrating both businesses into its portfolio of risk management, compliance and data offerings. The Clarient and Avox acquisitions represent the next step of Thomson Reuters plan to be a provider of Know Your Customer (KYC) and Legal Entity Information. Clarient is a leading global KYC platform formerly owned by the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), Barclays, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, and State Street among others. Avox is a supplier of legal entity data, such as hierarchies and identifiers on financial entities globally.