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Markit: History, Companies & Products

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

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Markit topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Companies and Products as prominent areas in the source structure around Markit.

Related topics
51
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
54
Extracted relationships
48
Concept neighborhoods
22
Bridge connections
54

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 33 topics
Overview · 10 topics
Index products · 8 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

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

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Index products

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Markit connects Entity context

The extracted context around Markit shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Markit → ABX, CDS Index Company, CDS IndexCo, CDSIndexCo, HE, Home Equity, January, LCDX, On, The Another extracted example is Markit → CDS Index Company, CDSIndexCo, CDX, IIC, May, November, The International Index Company, Totem Valuations. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Markit

Top relations

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)

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

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

Markit relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 48 structured relationships around Markit. Examples in this analysis include Markit → Area served → Worldwide and Markit → Defunct → 12 July 2016 (2016-07-12). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

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

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Markit bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Acquired, Ihs and Services. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Markit
    • Acquired
    • Ihs
    • Services
    • Merged
    • Credit
    • Cds
    • Index
    • Divisions
    • Form
    • Founded
    • Inc
    • July
  • markit
    • Acquired
    • Ihs
    • Services
    • Merged
    • Credit
    • Cds
    • Index
    • Divisions
    • Form
    • Founded
    • Inc
    • July
  • financial information
    • Founded
    • Pricing
    • Processing
    • Services
    • Company
    • Data
    • Offices
    • Divisions
    • Information
    • Loans
    • Market
    • Products
  • financial data
    • Services
    • Founded
    • Company
    • Processing
    • Data
    • Financial
    • Information
    • Trade
    • Banks
    • Pricing
    • Credit
    • Ihs
  • financial risk
    • Services
    • Founded
    • Company
    • Data
    • Information
    • Trade
    • Banks
    • Pricing
    • Processing
    • Credit
    • Ihs
    • Markit
  • ihs markit
    • Merged
    • Form
    • Inc
    • July
    • Merger
    • Acquired
    • Ihs
    • Markit
    • Services
    • Credit
    • Cds
    • Index
  • credit default swap
    • Default
    • Swap
    • Index
    • Cds
    • Credit
    • Derivative
    • Abx
    • Pricing
    • Offices
    • Markit
    • Company
    • Financial
  • credit derivative
    • Index
    • Cds
    • Default
    • Swap
    • Derivative
    • Launched
    • Pricing
    • Abx
    • Markit
    • Offices
    • Financial
    • Divisions

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Markit, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Markit with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
MarkitHistory · splits 21 ⟂ 34
MarkitOverview · splits 44 ⟂ 11
MarkitIndex products · splits 46 ⟂ 9

Map overview Semantic statistics

Markit

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

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Markit to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Companies & Products, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Markit · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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