UPDATE 2-Data firm IHS Markit to buy rival Ipreo in $1.86 bln deal
May 21, 2018 at 08:10 AM EDT
May 21 (Reuters) - Data firm IHS Markit Ltd said on Monday it will buy smaller rival Ipreo from private equity funds of BlackStone Group LP and Goldman Sachs for $1.86 billion to expand its contracts business and shore up its financial services operations.