In 2019 it will not just about same old boring RIF exercise . It will be looked even more closely and holistically by black stone so that refinitiv business could be sold in pieces and it will eventually up to the acquirer for that business to decide what they want to do with technology asset vs people .
To just name a few : Tradeweb, FXall, REDI, EJV, Pricing partner, Starmine etc... there are so many small and profitable business ( quite famous IP and branding) under Refinitiv umbrella that still kept their original name even after the acquisition. which are all individual companies that had been acquired over the past . most of those technology or capability had been integrated& replicated into existing refinitiv platform. so that legacy product can be spin-off and sold for extra profit.