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Data Explorers Limited 
Type Private Industry Market Data Founded 2002 Headquarters London, UK Number of locations 2, in 2 countries Area served Europe, Asia, US Key people Mark Faulkner, Donal Smith Website dataexplorers.com Data Explorers is a privately owned financial data and software company headquartered in London, UK. The company provides financial benchmarking information to the Securities lending Industry and short-side intelligence to the Investment Management community.[1].
Data Explorers offers access to a data feeds and products for quantitative measurement of securities lending, performance and risk. The company is based in New York and London and collects data from market participants including Lenders, Beneficial Owners, Custodian Banks, Agency Lenders, Borrowers and Broker Dealers.
Contents
History
Data Explorers was established in 2002 by Mark Faulkner, the author of the Guide to Securities Lending Markets[2]
Donal Smith, formerly of Thomson Reuters, was announced as CEO on 4 March 2008 [3] and has sinced hired Jonathan Morris as COO and Christopher Holmes as Sales Director [4]
Data
Data Explorers data is used as a proxy for short interest data by the mainstream media, including The Financial Times [5], The Economist [6], The Wall Street Journal [7], and Bloomberg [8]
Data Explorers launched the Restricted Stock Monitor on September 19th 2008 providing data for all securities globally impacted by short selling regulations [9]
On October 6th 2008, Data Explorers announced the "DESLI" Index - Data Explorers Stock Lending index showing the variations in the amounts of stock borrowed and amounts available to borrow in different regions and sectors around the world [10].
References
- ^ Rebuilding the House Builders Squawk Box, CNBC, June 16, 2008
- ^ Guide to securities lending markets commissioned by the Association of Corporate Treasurers, British Bankers' Association, International Securities Lending Association, London Investment Banking Association, London Stock Exchange and the Securities Lending and Repo Committee by Mark Faulkner
- ^ Bobsguide
- ^ Friends reunited, Emiko Terazono, Financial Times, July 9 2008
- ^ Short-sellers not to blame for HBOS price fall says ISLA chief, James Mackintosh, Financial Times, June 18 2008
- ^ Nasty, brutish and short, The Economist print edition, June 19 2008
- ^ The Financial Short-Selling Spike, David Gaffen, Marketbeat, The Wall Street Journal, July 17 2008
- ^ Hedge Funds Covered Bradford & Bingley Shorts as Lender Rallied, Tom Cahill, Bloomberg News, June 26 2008
- ^ Data Explorers Announces Launch of Restricted Stock Monitor, Press Release, Reuters, September 19 2008
- ^ Data Explorers Launches Stock Lending Index, Press Release, MarketWatch.com, October 6 2008
External links
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