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IBM to buy Algorithmics for $387M

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U.S. IT company IBM is buying Toronto-based risk analytics software firm Algorithmics for $387 million in cash to enhance its financial services capabilities. About 900 Algorithmics employees will join IBM's software group upon closing of the deal.

"We see risk analytics as a critical component of that analytical insight, driven by market factors and events over the last 10 years since Basel II (banking regulations) and over the last three or four since the financial crisis," he told Reuters in an interview.

"(Alogrithmics') heritage in helping banks produce risk models is incredibly important to help respond to regulatory pressures."

Algorithmics' risk analytics software, content and advisory services are used by banking, investment and insurance businesses to help assess risk, address regulatory requirements and make more insightful business decisions.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/01/us-algorithmics-ibm-idUSTRE78012G20110901
 
i know a guy that works at Algorithmics, wonder how much he will get out of this deal
 
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