IHS Markit and MSCI to Provide Regulation-Ready Liquidity Risk Management Solution

Best-in-class solution joins award-winning market data and analytics to classify asset and portfolio liquidity in line with SEC rules

NEW YORK--()--IHS Markit (Nasdaq: INFO), a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, today announced an alliance with MSCI (NYSE: MSCI) to help asset managers implement liquidity risk management programs and comply with SEC Rule 22e-4. Available next month, the multi-asset class solution integrates fixed income market and liquidity data from IHS Markit with MSCI LiquidityMetrics analytics.

Slated to take effect in 2018, SEC Rule 22e-4 requires mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to classify their portfolios as highly liquid, moderately liquid, less liquid or illiquid. Only 15 percent of a fund’s assets will be permitted to be classified as illiquid – a potential challenge in fixed income markets where only a small minority of securities trade regularly.

“Fund managers face major hurdles in obtaining the data they need to comply with the SEC’s liquidity rule. This challenge is most acute in fixed income where assessing liquidity is not dependent on trade data alone,” said Kiet Tran, managing director and head of Pricing and Reference Data at IHS Markit. “IHS Markit has unparalleled access to fixed income market data and we are pleased to collaborate with MSCI on a robust solution for liquidity management.”

In line with SEC requirements, the service will classify the liquidity of each asset in a portfolio and calculate other complex liquidity indicators, such as cost to liquidate, liquidation amount and time-to-liquidation while factoring in market impact, market depth and market activity.

The service covers equities and all fixed income instruments, including government, supranational, agency, corporate sovereign and municipal bonds, securitized products, syndicated loans and credit default swaps.

“High-quality data and reliable analytics are necessary ingredients in establishing an effective liquidity risk management program,” said Giulio Panzano, global head of Analytics product management at MSCI. “In integrating IHS Markit data we are able to offer our clients a scalable solution designed to help them manage liquidity risk and meet regulatory requirements in a cost-efficient manner.”

Since 2010, IHS Markit has provided daily liquidity scoring and liquidity metrics on more than two million fixed income securities. The new service will draw upon these and new liquidity measures produced by IHS Markit.

“We’ve been providing liquidity assessment tools to asset managers for nearly 10 years,” Tran said. “Sophisticated funds understand that liquidity risk is something they need to manage alongside market risk and credit risk and that the SEC rules codify several aspects of what’s already a best practice for many firms.”

About IHS Markit (www.ihsmarkit.com)

IHS Markit (Nasdaq: INFO) is a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions for the major industries and markets that drive economies worldwide. The company delivers next-generation information, analytics and solutions to customers in business, finance and government, improving their operational efficiency and providing deep insights that lead to well-informed, confident decisions. IHS Markit has more than 50,000 key business and government customers, including 85 percent of the Fortune Global 500 and the world’s leading financial institutions. Headquartered in London, IHS Markit is committed to sustainable, profitable growth.

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Release Summary

IHS Markit launched a new service to help asset managers implement liquidity risk management programs and comply with SEC rule Rule 22e-4.

Contacts

IHS Markit
Timothy Barello, +1 646-679-3463
timothy.barello@ihsmarkit.com
or
Press Team
+1 303-305-8021
press@ihs.com
Follow @IHS_News