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==History==
Data Explorers was established in 2002 by Charles Stopford Sackville and Mark Faulkner, the author of the Guide to Securities Lending Markets.<ref>
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 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Buyout Track 100</ref>
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>[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 Securities Lending Industry Awards 2011]</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>
At the Financial World Innovation Awards on 2 Dec 2011, Data Explorers won the Information Provision Award for the Data Explorers News service.<ref>[http://www.financialworldawards.co.uk/fwiadev/winners11.cfm] Financial World Innovation Awards</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>
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>
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>
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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>
==References==
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