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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]{{Dead link|date=July 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The company has a global dataset covering $12 trillion of securities in the lending programs of over 20,000 institutional funds.
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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It is owned by the [[private equity]] firm [[Bowmark Capital]].<ref>Ben Harrington, 'Bowmark in £32m alarm firm deal', in ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', January 9, 2012, p. B3</ref>
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 Feb 2011.<ref>[http://www.fasttrack.co.uk/fasttrack/downloads/2011buyouttrack100.pdf]{{Dead link|date=July 2019
Data Explorers was voted the Best Information/Data Provider at the GSL Securities Lending Industry Awards on 4 Nov 2011, for the third year in a row.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.stocklendingtoday.com/my_weblog/2011/11/the-2011-securities-lending-industry-awards-were-held-last-week-at-the-grange-city-hotel-after-the-gsl-securities-lending-sum.html |title=Securities Lending Industry Awards 2011 |access-date=2012-02-02 |archive-date=2013-06-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602043401/http://www.stocklendingtoday.com/my_weblog/2011/11/the-2011-securities-lending-industry-awards-were-held-last-week-at-the-grange-city-hotel-after-the-gsl-securities-lending-sum.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.dataexplorers.com/about/data-explorers-news/data-explorers-scoops-global-investorisf-data-provider-year-2011-award-thi Data Explorers scoops Global Investor/isf Data Provider 2011 Award for the third year running]</ref>
At the twelfth annual [[techMARK]] awards on 17 Nov 2011, Data Explorers won the Emerging Star Award.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pwc.co.uk/eng/issues/techmark-award-winners-announced.html |title=2011 techMark award winners announced |access-date=2012-02-02 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120908080730/http://www.pwc.co.uk/eng/issues/techmark-award-winners-announced.html |archive-date=2012-09-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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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>
[[Thomson Reuters]] partnered with Data Explorers on 11 Mar 2009, to provide short-side intelligence to investor relations professionals.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.a-teamgroup.com/article/thomson-reuters-adds-data-explorers-analysis/ |title=Thomson Reuters Adds Data Explorers Analysis |access-date=2012-02-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090524093006/http://www.a-teamgroup.com/article/thomson-reuters-adds-data-explorers-analysis/ |archive-date=2009-05-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
On 12 Jun 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 Sep 16 2009, the Markit Data Explorers U.S. Sector Sentiment Index, that reflects sector-level investor sentiment derived from securities lending and short-selling information.<ref>[http://www.pionline.com/article/20090916/DAILYREG/909169989 New index to gauge securities lending, short selling]</ref>
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Data Explorers COO, Jonathan Morris, announced a partnership with [[Bloomberg L.P.]] on 23 Sep 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 Oct 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>[http://www.securitieslendingtimes.com/securitieslendingnews/article.php?article_id=469 FT.com to include short selling activity from Data Explorers]</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 May 5, 2011.<ref>[http://ir.nasdaqomx.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=574859 Nasdaq-100 Data Explorers Optimized Index Launched To Enhance Liquidity]{{Dead link|date=July 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The index screens out stocks with low liquidity or those that are relatively expensive to borrow in the share-lending market.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indexuniverse.com/sections/news/9211-nasdaq-rolls-out-optimized-nasdaq-100.html |title=Nasdaq Rolls Out Optimized Nasdaq-100 |access-date=2012-02-02 |archive-date=2011-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513013107/http://www.indexuniverse.com/sections/news/9211-nasdaq-rolls-out-optimized-nasdaq-100.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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[[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 Sept 26 2011.<ref>[http://www.secfinmonitor.com/score-one-for-data-explorers/] Score one for Data Explorers</ref>
Data Explorers and [[Direct Edge]] announced a partnership on 6 Oct 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 Jan 2012, Data Explorers announced a partnership with [[Narrative Science]] to create a securities lending newswire using an artificial intelligence system.<ref>[http://www.securitieslendingtimes.com/securitieslendingnews/article.php?article_id=217944 Data Explorers launched robot journalist]</ref>
Data Explorers launched the first iPhone app for the securities finance industry on 31 Jan 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>
On 5 Feb 2012, Data Explorers was ranked for the second year in a row in the Sunday Times Deloitte Buyout Track 100.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fasttrack.co.uk/fasttrack/downloads/2012buyouttrack100.pdf |title=Sunday Times Buyout Track 100 |access-date=2012-02-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503231121/http://www.fasttrack.co.uk/fasttrack/downloads/2012buyouttrack100.pdf |archive-date=2012-05-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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