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A Refinitiv Instrument Code, [1] previously Reuters Instrument Code (RIC), is a ticker-like code used by Refinitiv to identify financial instruments and indices. The codes are used for looking up information on various Refinitiv financial information networks (such as Refinitiv Real Time) and appear to have developed from the Quotron service purchased in the 1980s.
The Bloomberg Terminal is a computer software system provided by the financial data vendor Bloomberg L.P. that enables professionals in the financial service sector and other industries to access Bloomberg Professional Services through which users can monitor and analyze real-time financial market data and place trades on the electronic trading platform. [1]
LSEG Data & Analytics, formerly Refinitiv, is an American-British global provider of financial market data and infrastructure. The company was founded in 2018 as a subsidiary of Thomson Reuters , which then sold a 55% stake to Blackstone Group LP in August 2018.
In 2009, Bloomberg released Bloomberg’s Open Symbology ("BSYM"), a system for identifying financial instruments across asset classes. [1]As of 2014 the name and identifier called 'Bloomberg Global Identifier' (BBGID) was replaced in full and adopted by the Object Management Group and Bloomberg with the standard renamed as the 'Financial Instrument Global Identifier' (FIGI).
The Refinitiv Business Classification (TRBC) is an industry classification of global companies. It was developed by the Reuters Group under the name Reuters Business Sector Scheme (RBSS), [1] [2] [3] was rebranded to Thomson Reuters Business Classification (TRBC) when the Thomson Corporation acquired the Reuters Group in 2008, forming Thomson Reuters, and was rebranded again, to The Refinitiv ...
Telerate then launched the Matrix system in response to Reuters "Advanced Reuters Terminal (ART)" service. The needs of traders and portfolio managers were however neglected by both "Reuters" and "Dow Jones Telerate" which allowed a new niche financial data provider, Bloomberg to start taking market share with its Bloomberg terminal .
In 2009, Thomson Reuters and Bloomberg market share were virtually even, at 29.4% and 29.2% respectively. As of 2008, the largest four financial data vendors capture the $15.222 billion in annual revenues [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and employ tens of thousands of people.
Bloomberg L.P. is an American privately held financial, software, data, and media company headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.It was co-founded by Michael Bloomberg in 1981, with Thomas Secunda, Duncan MacMillan, Charles Zegar, [9] and a 12% ownership investment by Bank of America through its brokerage subsidiary Merrill Lynch.