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Markit

Markit was a British financial information and services company that focused on credit derivative pricing founded in 2003.

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Founded
2003; 23 years ago (2003)
Industry
Financial services
Headquarters
London, England
Area served
Worldwide
Defunct
12 July 2016 (2016-07-12)
Divisions
Information Processing Solutions

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Markit

Nodes55
Edges54
Triples48
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.036364
Components1

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Markit

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related to Index products · 10
Markit → ABX, CDS Index Company, CDS IndexCo, CDSIndexCo, HE, Home Equity, January, LCDX, On, The
related to Acquisitions 2004 - 2009 · 8
Markit → CDS Index Company, CDSIndexCo, CDX, IIC, May, November, The International Index Company, Totem Valuations
related to Foundation and early years · 6
Markit → Canadian Lance Uggla, CDS, London, Mark-it Partners, Markit's, St Albans
related to Merger · 4
Markit → IHS Inc, IHS Markit, July, On
related to Public listing and growth · 4
Markit → By, In, Temasek Holdings, US
Area served · 1
Markit → Worldwide
Defunct · 1
Markit → 12 July 2016 (2016-07-12)
Divisions · 1
Markit → Information Processing Solutions
Fate · 1
Markit → Merged with IHS Inc. to form IHS Markit
Founded · 1
Markit → 2003; 23 years ago (2003)

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financial credit ihs company services derivative index merger data merged cds 2007 pricing inc employees processing acquired information founded 2003

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
MarkitArea servedWorldwide1.00infobox
MarkitDefunct12 July 2016 (2016-07-12)1.00infobox
MarkitDivisionsInformation Processing Solutions1.00infobox
MarkitFateMerged with IHS Inc. to form IHS Markit1.00infobox
MarkitFounded2003; 23 years ago (2003)1.00infobox
MarkitHeadquartersLondon, England1.00infobox
MarkitIndustryFinancial services1.00infobox
MarkitKey peopleJerre Stead (CEO IHS Markit) & Lance Uggla (president IHS Markit)1.00infobox
MarkitNumber of employees4,500 (October 2015)1.00infobox
MarkitNumber of locations21 offices1.00infobox
MarkitProductsFinancial information Financial processing Financial services Financial solutions Market data vendor1.00infobox
MarkitRevenueUS$ $1.5 billion1.00infobox
MarkitSuccessorIHS Markit1.00infobox
MarkitTraded asNasdaq: MRKT1.00infobox
MarkitTypePublic1.00infobox
MarkitWebsitewww.markit.com1.00infobox

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