Markit’s dividend content now readily available to clients
10 October 2012 London and New York
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Global financial information services company, Markit has announced that its dividend forecasting content is now available to clients via Markit Securities Finance products and services.
The Markit Dividend service covers more than 6,500 of the most traded global equities that influence the securities lending markets. The service forecasts dividend amounts and payment schedules for up to four years and enables clients to improve the pricing of dividend baskets and portfolio revenue estimations.
Brad Hunt, managing director and head of securities finance and dividends at Markit, said: “The integration of dividend forecasting data with our services is a first for our industry. It will help customers determine the impact of dividends within securities finance programmes to aid investment and risk decisions, as well as help to optimise trading and portfolio valuation. This is the first of many planned enhancements to our comprehensive securities financing information drawing on data from across the Markit product portfolio.”
The service is available now through the Markit Securities Finance toolkit for Excel, Datafeeds and API applications.
The Markit Dividend service covers more than 6,500 of the most traded global equities that influence the securities lending markets. The service forecasts dividend amounts and payment schedules for up to four years and enables clients to improve the pricing of dividend baskets and portfolio revenue estimations.
Brad Hunt, managing director and head of securities finance and dividends at Markit, said: “The integration of dividend forecasting data with our services is a first for our industry. It will help customers determine the impact of dividends within securities finance programmes to aid investment and risk decisions, as well as help to optimise trading and portfolio valuation. This is the first of many planned enhancements to our comprehensive securities financing information drawing on data from across the Markit product portfolio.”
The service is available now through the Markit Securities Finance toolkit for Excel, Datafeeds and API applications.
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