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IHS
Information Handling Services (IHS) was founded in 1959, in Denver, Colorado, as Information Handling Services to provide information for aerospace engineers through microfilm databases.
IHS subsequently grew to incorporate other companies in the information services sector such as Cambridge Energy Research Associates, Global Insight, Jane's Information Group, Prime Publications Limited, and John S. Herold, Inc.
In 2008, IHS acquired Fairplay, a firm that assigns IMO identification numbers for ships, companies and registered owners.
In 2016, Englewood, Colorado -based IHS and London-based Markit merged. Jerre Stead was chief executive of the pre-merger IHS Inc. from 2006 to 2013 and from 2015 until the merger with Markit.
Markit
Markit was founded in 2003 as Mark-it Partners, a financial data provider for daily credit default swap pricing. The company grew via joint ventures and by acquiring other companies,, including iBoxx, which offers bond market indices. Markit merged with IHS in 2016.
S&P Global
On 30 November 2020, S&P Global and IHS Markit released information about a definitive all-stock deal for around $44 billion (including $4.8 billion of net debt), a deal that would be the largest of the year globally, according to Dealogic data. On September 9, 2021, GlobalData announced its purchase of the Pricing and Reimbursement dataset from IHS Markit. In December 2021, the IHS Markit announced its intention to sell Base Chemicals to News Corp for a reported $295 million as part of an effort to alleviate concerns about competitive effects. The purchase by S&P Global was finalized on 28 February 2022, combining two of Wall Street 's largest data providers.