Donnelley Financial Solutions
American financial company
Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN) is a financial compliance company based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The company provides software as a service (SaaS) products, software-enabled services (SeS), print, and compliance services related to US Securities and Exchange Commission regulations to companies in capital and investment markets.
The company estimated 84% of 2018 revenue coming from the United States, 6% from Europe, 6% from Asia, 3% from Canada, and 1% from the rest of the world. As of April 2019, the company had a market capitalization of $512M.
History
Originally established in 1983 as the financial business unit of RR Donnelley, Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN) was spun off as an independent company in October 2016.
In December 2018, DFIN acquired eBrevia, a provider of artificial intelligence-based data extraction and contract analytics software.
In December 2021, DFIN acquired Guardum, a provider of data security and privacy software which has been integrated into its Venue virtual data room.
Business Segments
Global Capital Markets (GCM)
DFIN's Global Capital Markets business provides software and services to corporate and financial services clients. The company's ActiveDisclosure product is used by corporate clients to create and manage SEC filings, either on an ongoing basis or in preparation for an IPO. The Venue product provides virtual dataroom services to facilitate information sharing in M&A transactions, while the eBrevia product line (acquired in December 2018) provides AI-based contract analysis. The company also owns EDGAR Online, which provides the investment community online access to the data within SEC filings. The GCM segment made up 65% of DFIN's 2018 revenue.
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