LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IHS Markit® (Nasdaq: INFO), a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, today announced that Jackson National Asset Management, LLC (JNAM), a wholly owned subsidiary of Jackson National Life Insurance Company® (Jackson®) has selected Markit’s fixed income pricing and equity fair value solutions.
Dan Koors, senior vice president and chief operating officer, JNAM said, “High quality, timely and transparent data is crucial to ensure our valuations processes are as accurate as possible. We are confident that Markit’s fixed income and fair value pricing services offer a best-in-class solution to meet our needs.”
“We are delighted to provide Jackson’s funds with our high quality fixed income pricing data and equity fair value solutions,” said Kiet Tran, managing director and head of Fixed Income Pricing Data at IHS Markit. “Our investment in these services over the past several years underscores our commitment to this space as we experience exceptional growth and onboard clients such as JNAM.”
Markit’s fixed income pricing service provides independent pricing, transparency and liquidity data for fixed income instruments to support risk management, price verification, compliance and trading workflows. The service combines a team of over 100 fixed income experts with Markit's robust market quotes and transaction data aggregation capabilities to generate a best-in-class pricing solution. Markit’s daily coverage of 2.5 million instruments spans municipal bonds, corporate and sovereign bonds, securitised products, bank loans and CDS.
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Jackson National Asset Management, LLC (JNAM)
Jackson National Asset Management, LLC (JNAM) is an SEC-registered investment adviser and Jackson subsidiary that provides investment advisory, transfer agency, fund accounting and administration services for several funds and separate accounts that support Jackson's variable products and employee 401(k) retirement plan. JNAM is a commodity pool operator registered with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and is a member firm of the National Futures Association.