

“Institutional investors are accelerating operational change through rapid adoption of cloud-based technology to deliver greater efficiencies and innovation to clients,” said Pedro Fernandes, co-founder and chief executive of ResearchPool. ResearchPool amended its offering to target the buy-side more heavily in February last year, launching an interactions management tool that allows buy-side clients to streamline investment research processes under MiFID II. “The growing demand for innovation is clear, and our collaborations with ResearchPool and other firms will advance a world-class community to meet the diverse needs of the market.” IHS Markit and Refinitiv have access to anonymous and aggregated data only. “Over the past few years, regulatory changes, emerging distribution tools and the need for unique and differentiated access have changed how consumers and providers of content interact,” said Chris Sztam, senior vice president and head of global markets group at IHS Markit. Cambridge Associates owns the private investments benchmark data and is responsible for the collection of data production of the benchmarks and maintaining the security and confidentiality of the dataset. Through the collaboration institutional investor and research provider clients of IHS Markit can connect to the cloud-based platform by ResearchPool. The ResearchPool platform hosts over two million pieces of investment research from 400 global providers to over 20,000 institutional users. Its client base includes institutional participants in the financial marketplace. IHS Markit and ResearchPool have entered a strategic collaboration that will provide institutional investor clients of IHS Markit to manage research through the ResearchPool platform. The company aims to enhance transparency, reduce financial risk and improve operational efficiency.
