Citadel Adds To Acxiom Stake ~ market folly

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Citadel Adds To Acxiom Stake

Ken Griffin's Citadel has filed a 13G with the SEC regarding their position in Acxiom (ACXM).  Per the filing, Citadel now owns 5.1% of the company with over 4 million shares.

They've boosted their position size by over 2.7 million shares since the end of the second quarter.  The filing was required due to activity on September 25th.  ACXM shares have plummeted from $39 earlier this year down to current levels around $16.

Per Google Finance, Acxiom is "an enterprise data, analytics and software-as-a-service company. The Company operates in three segments: Marketing and Data Services, IT Infrastructure Management, and Other Services. The Marketing and Data Services segment includes its global lines of business for customer data integration, consumer insight solutions, marketing management services, and consulting and agency services. The IT Infrastructure Management segment develops and delivers information technology (IT) outsourcing and transformational solutions. The Other Services segment includes the e-mail fulfillment business, the United States risk business, and the United Kingdom fulfillment business. In July 2014, the Company acquired LiveRamp, Inc., a service for onboarding customer data into digital marketing applications."


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