Roy Flint

Markit Group Ltd. provides trade processing and financial data software services. The firm offers consulting, current event analysis, cross-industry directories, market insight, forecasts and company analysis, market intelligence platforms, software and design tools, standards and regulations, technical and specialized data, and training services. The company was founded by Rony Grushka, Lance Uggla, Tom McNerney, Kevin Gould in 2001 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Markit Ltd. is a holding company, which provides financial information services. It operates through the following segments: Information, Processing, and Solutions. The Information segment provides enriched content comprising pricing and reference data, indices and valuation, and trading services across multiple asset classes and geographies through both direct and third-party distribution channels. The Processing segment offers trade processing solutions for over-the-counter derivatives, foreign exchange, and syndicated loans. The firm's trade processing services enable buy-side and sell-side firms to confirm transactions. The Solutions segment provides enterprise software platforms, managed service, and hosted custom web solutions. The company was founded by Lance Uggla and Kevin Gould in 2003 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Portigon AG engages in the management of its own assets. It also provides financial services and conducts banking activities. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Duesseldorf, Germany.

MarkitSERV, 50:50 owned by Markit and The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), was launched in September 2009. MarkitSERV provides a single gateway for over-the-counter (OTC) derivative transaction processing globally. Its solution helps to reduce operational risk, streamline processing, and improve the safety and certainty of the OTC derivatives markets by simplifying and automating trade processing across the major asset classes, including credit, interest rate, and equity and FX derivatives. They assist the industry in meeting challenging regulatory demands in a very dynamic environment. More than 70 dealers, 50 inter-dealer brokers and 1,700 buy-side institutions are already connected to its service, which handled in excess of eight million confirmations in the last year. MarkitSERV also connects dealers and their clients to central clearing counterparties (CCPs), trade repositories and third-party administrators. This unparalleled network of participants and services positions MarkitSERV as the ultimate connection point for anyone participating in the OTC derivatives marketplace.