IHS Markit Upgrades Securities Finance Platform

IHS Markit, a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, announced the addition of new functionality to its Securities Finance platform, a source of data and intelligence on global securities financing transactions. The enhancements deliver public disclosure coverage for the Japanese market, a global data feed on corporate bond lending activity, an updated model for forecasting short interest in the US and multi-asset performance measuring tools. The new functionality in the IHS Markit Securities Finance platform includes: coverage for Japan, a Global Corporate Bond Data Feed, updated US Forecasting Model and Securities Finance Performance Measurement. IHS Markit Securities Finance tracks more than $20 trillion of global securities in lending programs from 20,000-plus institutional funds. The platform includes 12 years of historical data on more than 3 million intraday transactions. Data is sourced directly from leading industry practitioners, such as prime brokers, custodians, asset managers and hedge funds.