Thomson Reuters

Thomson Datafeeds  can now be accessed directly from within Linedata Services' Icon for investment accounting and fund administration, providing comprehensive, reliable market data for effective investment management, fund administration, valuation, and reporting. 

With independently sourced clean price and non-price data across global markets, Thomson Datafeeds have been combining superior data with flexible delivery to meet Icon clients' data needs since the early 1990s. Today, over fifty clients in the UK, Europe, and the Middle East rely on Thomson Datafeeds to populate Icon. Each client benefits from single-point access to the largest range of quality-checked data and the reassurance of 24x7 access to a dedicated, highly experienced Thomson Financial client service team.

Full integration into Icon for robust investment accounting and fund administration.

With Linedata Icon, you can:

• Rely on single-point access to the most comprehensive and timely range of prices, corporate actions, reference data, indices, and exchange rates.
• Have confidence in data that, prior to release to clients, has benefited from hundreds of independent quality checks applied by an experienced, global team of data analysts.
• Keep tight control on data costs by only paying for the required data subset.

Why choose Linedata Icon?

• Robust Integration: This service is the result of close cooperation under the Thomson Financial Partnership Program, which is designed to integrate Thomson's wealth of data into third party applications and services.
• Highest-Quality Service: All partnerships feature quality assured technical integration and on-going development support to ensure that clients benefit from the expected high level so of service.
• Continual Development: We welcome your feedback on further enhancements that can be made to Thomson Datafeeds services.

The Data you Need:

• Investment professionals need timely access to a wide range of prices for securities and portfolios at exactly the same time. To meet client needs, Thomson Financial provides intraday, market close and official closing prices - for equities, fixed-income securities, derivatives, indices, forex, and money markets - captured simultaneously regardless of portfolio size.
• Reliable access to high-quality corporate actions and reference data is also becoming increasingly important. Thomson Datafeeds draw on 30 years' experience providing comprehensive back-office data to combine Thomson Datastream's corporate actions and reference data with multi-sourced global pricing data in an integrated datafeed designed specifically for Icon clients.

Confidence in a Proven Solution:

• Thomson Financial's experience in meeting Icon clients' data requirements is unparalleled in the marketplace. New clients benefit from smooth, efficient implementation through proven cooperation with Linedata's consultancy staff. In addition, years of experience in populating Icon with Thomson Financial data allow support staff from both Linedata and Thomson Financial to quickly diagnose and address clients' support queries.

Continued Development in Response to Client Requirements:

• Thomson Financial is committed to developing its datafeed solutions for Icon clients. For example, as part of a rolling program of enhancements, Thomson Financial recently linked its Intraday Snapshot Service to Linedata's Data Integration Platform to give Icon clients access to intraday prices, including S&P's independent evaluations, for over four million fixed-income securities.

About ICON for Investment Accounting & FUnd Administration:

• Icon offers rich functionality, combined with comprehensive support and consultancy, to meet today's needs and the requirements of tomorrow.
• Icon is a complete back-office investment management, administration, portfolio valuation, and investment-reporting solution, for all types of funds and all sizes of institutions, including third-party administrators.
• Centered around its core real-time multi-currency accounting system, Icon manages stock positions, generates, records, and accounts for all investment transactions, and calculates NAVs and prices for multi-class collective investment funds.