Refinitiv Adds Chinese Trade Data to Eikon and Elektron platforms

Refinitiv has made moves to bolster its Eikon and Elektron platforms with the addition of data on Chinese trade and investment opportunities, according to a story in The Trade news. The firm said in a statement that it has added comprehensive data from the China Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS), the main FX and fixed income trading venue in China, for traders to gain understanding of pricing and liquidity. Refinitiv has also added more than 300,000 economic data series on China, from both in-country and international sources, to its economic research database, known as Datastream, including sector level information, provincial, regional and national macro-economic data covering more than 600 cities.