Following a month of rumours and speculation (see our initial coverage here), risk management solution vendor RiskMetrics Group has finally been snapped up by one of the firms on its list of potential suitors. Frontrunner MSCI, the former Morgan Stanley division that provides investment decision support tools, has entered into a definitive merger agreement whereby MSCI will acquire RiskMetrics for approximately US$1.55 billion.

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