Company profile
ION Group
A private roll-up of trading, treasury and data software
ION has bought more than 20 financial software and data firms since 2005, including Fidessa (equities trading), Acuris (financial news and data) and DASH (options execution). It is privately held and does not publish group revenue.
What ION Group sells
Software: trading and treasury systems bought one firm at a time
Rows are what they sell, columns are who buys it. Darker cells cover more capabilities, weighted toward flagship strengths. Tap an offering for detail.
Asset management
Capital markets
Banking
Product by product
What each of ION Group's products actually does
ION's products come almost entirely from acquisitions across trading, treasury, commodities and data. The bar shows where each product is strongest: front, middle or back office. Darker means stronger.
Acquisitions
Every deal since 2018 bought software or data
Colour shows what was bought; size shows the price in 2026 dollars (US consumer prices). Small hollow dots: price not disclosed. Dashed: deal abandoned. Tap a deal to see what it added.
Competitors and peers
Who ION Group is up against, and where
Grouped by how they compete. A firm can be a software rival without being a business rival.
Head-to-head in software and data
Broadridge
Itiviti competes with Fidessa in sell-side trading.
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FIS
Competes in treasury and capital-markets software.
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Bloomberg
Bought Broadway's fixed-income business after ION was blocked.
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SS&C
Also grew by buying many financial software firms.
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