Financial data, ratings and research

Ratings, indices and research 5 companies

Rating agencies grade how likely a borrower is to repay. Index providers publish the lists of shares that funds track. Others advise investors how to vote.

Moody's Corp.Includes Moody's RatingsIncludes Moody's AnalyticsMoody's, with engineers in Bengaluru and Delhi NCR, is the other large rating agency, and sells risk software.Bengaluru · Delhi NCRHiring now

S&P GlobalS&P Global, with engineers in Delhi NCR and Hyderabad, rates bonds and companies and runs the S&P 500 and other indices.Hyderabad · Delhi NCR · ChennaiHiring now

ISS STOXXIncludes Institutional Shareholder ServicesIncludes STOXXIncludes ISS Market IntelligenceISS STOXX, with engineers in Mumbai and Delhi NCR, advises large investors how to vote at shareholder meetings and runs the STOXX indices.Mumbai · Delhi NCRHiring now

MSCI Inc.MSCI, with engineers in Mumbai and Bengaluru, runs share indices that global funds track, and sells risk models and ESG ratings.

CrisilCrisil, India's largest rating agency and part of S&P Global, sells research and analytics.See alsoCredit bureaus, scoring and underwriting

The tech, explainedCredit rating agency Index provider Proxy advisory and ESG ratings

Financial data and terminals 7 companies

Analysts and fund managers work on terminals that bring prices, company accounts and news together, and buy data feeds for their own systems.

FactSetFactSet, with engineers in Hyderabad, sells the workstation and data feeds of analysts and portfolio managers.HyderabadHiring now

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group)LSEG, with engineers in Bengaluru and Hyderabad, owns the former Refinitiv: its data, the Workspace terminal and data feeds.Bengaluru · Hyderabad · MumbaiHiring now

MorningstarMorningstar, with engineers in Mumbai, rates and researches mutual funds and owns PitchBook, a database of private companies.Mumbai · Delhi NCRHired recently

AAffluenseAffluense, a Bengaluru start-up, uses AI to find very rich individuals for wealth managers.Bengaluru

PineGap.aiPineGap.ai, with engineers in Bengaluru, sells an AI platform for equity research at investment firms.

BloombergBloomberg's terminal is the screen on which most of the world's traders and fund managers work.PuneHired recentlySee alsoNews and professional information providers

TRG ScreenTRG Screen tracks what a firm spends on terminals and data feeds.See alsoProcurement and source-to-pay software

The tech, explainedFinancial data terminal AI for equity research Wealth prospecting↗ Wealth management Telecom and technology expense management↗ Finance and accounting software

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What's changing

AI writes the analyst's first draft.

Data companies are adding AI assistants to their terminals that read filings and news and draft a summary. Analysts check and refine it instead of starting from a blank page.