Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC is one of Europe's

Europe

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 largest business and financial magazine publishers which has interests in financial publishing and event organization. It is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index

FTSE 250 Index

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. It is 70% owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust

Daily Mail and General Trust

Daily Mail and General Trust plc is a British media conglomerate, one of the largest in Europe. In the UK, it has interests in national and regional newspapers, television and radio. The company has extensive activities based outside the UK, through Northcliffe Media, DMG Radio Australia, DMG World...

 Group.

History

The company was founded by Patrick Sergeant in 1969 as an international business-to-business media group focused primarily on the international finance sector. Patrick Sargeant continued to manage the business until 1985 when he became chairman. He retired as chairman in September 1992 when he was appointed president and non-executive director. The Company was first listed on the London Stock Exchange

London Stock Exchange

The London Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located in the City of London within the United Kingdom. , the Exchange had a market capitalisation of US$3.7495 trillion, making it the fourth-largest stock exchange in the world by this measurement...

 in 1986. Recent acquisitions have included Internet Securities in 1999, Hedge Fund Intelligence in 2003 and Metal Bulletin PLC

Metal Bulletin PLC

Metal Bulletin Ltd is a specialist international publisher and information provider for the global steel, non-ferrous and scrap metals markets. -History:...

 in 2006.

Operations

The Company is currently the market leader on international financial publishing

Publishing

Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of literature or information—the activity of making information available to the general public...

 and event organisation. As well as its flagship title Euromoney Magazine

Euromoney (magazine)

Euromoney magazine, a monthly periodical, is the flagship publication of business and financial publisher Euromoney Institutional Investor....

, the company owns close to 100 international specialist magazines in finance

Finance

"Finance" is often defined simply as the management of money or “funds” management Modern finance, however, is a family of business activity that includes the origination, marketing, and management of cash and money surrogates through a variety of capital accounts, instruments, and markets created...

, energy

Energy

In physics, energy is an indirectly observed quantity. It is often understood as the ability a physical system has to do work on other physical systems...

, aviation

Aviation

Aviation is the design, development, production, operation, and use of aircraft, especially heavier-than-air aircraft. Aviation is derived from avis, the Latin word for bird.-History:...

, pharmaceuticals and law

Law

Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...

. Euromoney trains international bankers, lawyers and securities specialists around the world, runs international conferences, and is very strong in electronic publishing. With offices worldwide, its shares are listed in London

London

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 and Luxembourg

Luxembourg

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. Journal and magazine publishers owned by EII include Compliance Reporter, Engel Publishing Partners for Med Ad News

Med Ad News

Med Ad News is a magazine, delivering pharmaceutical business and marketing news. The magazine was started in 1982 and is published by Canon Communications, formerly Engel Publishing Partners...

, LatinFinance

LatinFinance

LatinFinance is a provider of financial markets intelligence on Latin America and the Caribbean...

 and R&D Directions.

It publishes more than 100 magazines, newsletters and journals. It also runs an extensive portfolio of conferences, seminars and training courses and is a leading provider of electronic information and data covering international finance

International finance

International finance is the branch of economics that studies the dynamics of exchange rates, foreign investment, global financial system, and how these affect international trade. It also studies international projects, international investments and capital flows, and trade deficits. It includes...

 and emerging markets

Emerging markets

Emerging markets are nations with social or business activity in the process of rapid growth and industrialization. Based on data from 2006, there are around 28 emerging markets in the world . The economies of China and India are considered to be the largest...

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