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'''Data Explorers''' is a privately owned financial data and software company headquartered in [[London, UK]], with offices in [[New York City|New York, US]], [[Edinburgh]] and [[Hong Kong]]. The company provides financial benchmarking information to the [[Securities lending]] Industry and short-side intelligence to the [[Investment Management]] community.<ref>[https://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=771272000&play=1 Rebuilding the House Builders Squawk Box, CNBC, June 16, 2008]{{
Data Explorers offers access to quantitative measurement of securities lending, performance, and risk. The company provides analytics and data compiled from trade and inventory data provided by market participants including Lenders, Beneficial Owners, Custodian Banks, Agency Lenders, Borrowers, Hedge Funds and Broker Dealers.
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Data Explorers was established in 2002 by Charles Stopford Sackville and Mark Faulkner, the author of the Guide to Securities Lending Markets.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bba.org.uk/bba/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=130&a=3311&artpage=all |title=Guide to securities lending markets commissioned by the Association of Corporate Treasurers, British Bankers' Association, International Securities Lending Association, London Investment Banking Association, London Stock Exchange and the Securities Lending and Repo Committee by Mark Faulkner |access-date=2008-09-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080312082414/http://www.bba.org.uk/bba/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=130 |archive-date=2008-03-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Donal Smith (CEO)|Donal Smith]], formerly of [[Thomson Reuters]], was announced as CEO on 4 March 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bobsguide.com/guide/news/2008/Mar/5/DONAL_SMITH_APPOINTED_CEO_OF_DATA_EXPLORERS.html |title=Bobsguide |access-date=2008-09-03 |archive-date=2008-03-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080311114250/http://www.bobsguide.com/guide/news/2008/Mar/5/DONAL_SMITH_APPOINTED_CEO_OF_DATA_EXPLORERS.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
It is owned by the [[private equity]] firm
Data Explorers was ranked 27th amongst the top 30 fastest growing UK private equity backed companies in The Sunday Times Deloitte Buyout Track 100 on 8 February 2011.<ref>[http://www.fasttrack.co.uk/fasttrack/downloads/2011buyouttrack100.pdf]{{Dead link|date=July 2019|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}} Buyout Track 100</ref>
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==Services and products==
The Data Explorers database tracks $12 trillion of lendable securities, with $2 trillion of loan balances on average covering 30,000 equities, 40,000 corporate bonds and 80,000 government bonds. The company products include APIs, Data Feeds, Excel Toolkits, Mobile Apps, web-based platforms and channel partners including
Data Explorers data is used as a proxy for short interest data by the mainstream media, including ''[[The Financial Times]]'',<ref>[http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/de746048-3ccf-11dd-b958-0000779fd2ac.html Short-sellers not to blame for HBOS price fall says ISLA chief, James Mackintosh, Financial Times, June 18 2008 ]</ref> ''[[The Economist]]'',<ref>[http://www.economist.com/finance/displayStory.cfm?source=hptextfeature&story_id=11591349 Nasty, brutish and short, The Economist print edition, June 19 2008 ]</ref> ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'',<ref>[https://blogs.wsj.com/marketbeat/2008/07/17/the-financial-short-selling-spike/ The Financial Short-Selling Spike, David Gaffen, Marketbeat, The Wall Street Journal, July 17 2008 ]</ref> and ''Bloomberg'' <ref>[https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aVcNiopBICVw Hedge Funds Covered Bradford & Bingley Shorts as Lender Rallied, Tom Cahill, Bloomberg News, June 26 2008]</ref>
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On 12 June 2009, Data Explorers partnered with [[Factset]] to provide short selling analysis and securities finance data to Factset Research System's analytics platform.<ref>[http://www.a-teamgroup.com/article/data-explorers-expands-distribution-capabilities-through-factset-deal-2/ Data Explorers Expands Distribution Capabilities Through Factset Deal]{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
[[Markit]] announced a new index on
Data Explorers COO, Jonathan Morris, announced a partnership with [[Bloomberg L.P.]] on 23 September 2010 providing global long and short fund flow content to users of the Bloomberg Professional Service <ref>[http://www.a-teamgroup.com/article/data-explorers-adds-long-and-short-fund-flow-data-to-bloomberg/ Data Explorers Adds Long and Short Fund Flow Data to Bloomberg]{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
On 6 October 2010, the [[Financial Times]] website www.ft.com included short selling activity from Data Explorers alongside market data on the Company pages and Stock screener <ref>
[[Nasdaq OMX]] announced a new index based on Data Explorers stock loan information to replicate return and volatility characteristic of the Nasdaq-100 Index on
On 19 September 2011, Data Explorers and
[[Capital IQ]], the data and analytics arm of [[Standard & Poor's]] announced new content from Data Explorers added to its market data platform and Xpressfeed data management service on
Data Explorers and [[Direct Edge]] announced a partnership on 6 October 2011, after integrating daily securities lending information onto the Direct Edge market data distribution platform.<ref>[http://www.brianbollen.com/bbb_brian_bollens_blog/2011/10/new-edge-for-data-explorers.html New Edge for Data Explorers]</ref>
On 23 January 2012, Data Explorers announced a partnership with [[Narrative Science]] to create a securities lending newswire using an artificial intelligence system.<ref>
Data Explorers launched the first iPhone app for the securities finance industry on 31 January 2012, for Hedge Funds, Prime Brokers and Custodians to access daily information on 3 million transactions.<ref>[http://www.hedgefundsreview.com/hedge-funds-review/news/2142528/hedge-funds-access-securities-lending-explorers-app Hedge funds access securities lending data on the move with Data Explorers app]</ref>
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