History
Data Explorers was established in 2002 by Mark Faulkner, the author of the Guide to Securities Lending Markets. Donal Smith, formerly of Thomson Reuters, was announced as CEO on 4 March 2008.
It is owned by the private equity firm Bowmark Capital.
Data Explorers was ranked 27th amongst the top 30 fastest growing UK private equity backed companies in the The Sunday Times Deloitte Buyout Track 100 on 8 Feb 2011.
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.
At the twelfth annual techMARK awards on 17 Nov 2011, Data Explorers won the Emerging Star Award.
At the Financial World Innovation Awards on 2 Dec 2011, Data Explorers won the Information Provision Award for the Data Explorers News service.
2 April 2012: Markit, a leading, global financial information services company, announced the acquisition of Data Explorers, a leading provider of global securities lending data, from mid-market private equity firm Bowmark Capital.
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