TRG Screen buys market data adviser BST America

TRG Screen has completed the acquisition of BST America, a New York-based market data advisory and consultancy firm. The deal expands TRG Screen’s services across the market data lifecycle and adds more than two decades of commercial advisory experience to its offering.

TRG Screen provides market data and subscription management software to financial services and legal firms. BST America offers specialist work in vendor benchmarking, demand management, sourcing and negotiation strategy, contract and renewal support, and operational practices for commercial market data teams.

The acquisition brings BST America’s advisory team and client relationships into TRG Screen’s product and services portfolio. Company materials state clients will retain existing advisory contacts while gaining access to TRG Screen’s technical tools and managed services. The firms cited BST America’s record of repeat engagements and long-term client relationships as factors in the deal.

Nadine Scott, Chief Customer Strategy Officer at TRG Screen, commented: “The acquisition expands the domain expertise available to customers and makes proven best practices more accessible as firms seek to drive additional value from their market data programmes.”

Sara Crowe, Managing Partner of BST America, noted: “The same team, the same expertise — now backed by the scale and reach of TRG Screen.”

TRG Screen says the combined business will provide market data teams with greater visibility into spend and usage to inform sourcing, negotiations and operating-model decisions. The companies added the integration will align commercial advisory services with usage analytics and managed services. No integration timeline or financial terms were disclosed.