History

vwd group Belgium and Netherlands, a 100% subsidiary of the German vwd group and formerly known as Tijd Beursmedia, have been active in the industry as a financial data vendor for more than 15 years. Initially started as a data supplier for their own media, the company steadily grew to become an independent partner for private investors and professional organisations alike.

Origin - Belgium
In 1987 Tijd Electronic Services began as a subsidiary of Publisher Tijd. Right from the start this company specialised in Electronic Publishing: from downloading end-of-day share prices to the distribution of real-time share prices and financial news. The databases of Tijd Electronic Services became more extensive and the newest technologies were linked to it. In 1998 Tijd Electronic Services and Beursmedia merged to become TBM. Finally, in 2001 the entire company was taken over by Publisher Tijd.

In 2005 publishers group Tijd was taken over by De Persgroep and Rossel, two Belgian publishers. The new shareholders decided to have publisher Tijd proceed under the name Mediafin and included DE Tijd and L’Echo. This resulted in Mediafin rising to prominence in the area of financial reporting in Belgium.

In 2007 Mediafin decided that TBM's core activities deviated too much from its own core activities, as a result Mediafin was not able to offer TBM the support it needs to grow to its full potential. Therefore Mediafin decided to search for a strategic partner, which was found in the vwed group. As of Januari 1st TBM is 100% subsidiary of vwd group.

Origin - the Netherlands
TBM Netherlands is the former data vendor and Multi-media Publisher Beursmedia that was, until 1998, a subsidiary of Wegener and AEX Dateservices. In that year Publisher Tijd became a shareholder as well, which resulted in Tijd Electronic Services and Beursmedia merging to TBM. Finally, in 2001 the company was completely taken over by Publisher Tijd. In 2005, as mentioned above, Publisher Tijd was taken over by De Persgroep and Rossel. As of January 1st TBM was taken over by the vwd group.

Added benefit of vwd group
vwd group is a local information partner. In addition to the supply of raw, unprocessed data vwd group adds its knowledge in the areas of specialised information regarding investment funds, bonds and fundamental information, and also in the area of publishing of the information via various media. vwd group uses the most advanced techniques to make the data available. Because of these techniques publishing of the information becomes much easier, which results in faster delivery times.

The combination of knowledge about the information itself and the publishing process of that information make vwd group a company that offers its clients full service. We do not just offer information or technology but are able to provide a complete package.