Markit plans to integrate Selerity’s dividend event data into its dividend product platform.
Selerity is a provider of real-time event data solutions for the financial services industry.
Selerity’s platform will be used to identify key dividend announcements from US companies in real-time, allowing them to update their dividend forecasts as new information enters the market.
Markit will also integrate Selerity’s real-time US dividend feed to generate intraday alerts automatically on a 45 minute delayed basis. Alerts will include changes to the US companies’ dividend amount, ex-dividend date, record date and payable date.
Rob Jaeger, managing director of equities at Markit, said: “We are pleased to offer our customers access to Selerity’s market leading low-latency news offering which will allow us to deliver a more timely dividend forecasting service.”
Ryan Terpstra, founder and CEO of Selerity added: “We are thrilled Markit has selected Selerity’s dividend event data offering, which is a testament to the quality of our product platform.”
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