Markit

Markit is the leading provider of independent data, portfolio valuations and OTC derivatives trade processing to the global financial markets. The company receives daily data contributions from over 85 dealing firms, and its services are used by almost 1,000 institutions to enhance trading operations, reduce risk and manage compliance.

Markit’s core data distribution platform (MarkitHub) collects, aggregates and distributes all types of financial data form any source to any source on a 24x7 ASP based service. BOAT data is available both via our real-time feed (Enhanced Feed) and the Markit Desktop. Markit’s MarkitHub consolidates real-time pre and post-trade quotes from many European on and off-exchange venues, including BOAT systematic internalises, to provide a cross-European view of the market empowering users to:

• Identify shifts in the market direction and trading patters and
• Get real-time visibility of best bid and ask spreads across venue including Markit BOAT™.

Access to our quotes is available using many unique identifiers such as Markit or exchange symbology, ISIN, RED or CUSIP codes for example. Markit’s MarkitHub can integrate customers own internal real-time quotes such as FX spot rates for example, to convert equity prices into a common denomination (eg. €, £, US$ etc.) all in real-time. All our prices are fully mapped and interlinked providing giving real-time visibility of the full order book.

Markit Desktop:

Markit Desktop delivers and displays sophisticated analytics and in-depth, real-time information from markets worldwide at a fraction of the cost of traditional solutions. Asset managers, client advisors, traders and sales professionals choose Markit Desktop for its unmatched power to support their decisions.

Markit BOAT Enhanced Feed:

Markit European Consolidated Equity Ticker delivers a fully integrated and managed feed for unprecedented visibility to European exchanges and OTC trading activity. An optional enhancement available within the Enhanced Feed is Markit’s unique ability to incorporate customers own data within the feed and supply pre-calculated data specific to customers trading models (eg. FX pricing, historic data, compliance data, research).

Ordering Markit Desktop and Enhanced Feed:

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