UK companies slashed dividends by £10bn in 2009

The latest report from Capita Registrars reveals that £57 billion was paid out by companies - 15% less than in 2008.

London, February 8th, 2010, According to the latest Capita Registrars Dividend Monitor which analyses thousands of dividends, using data provided by financial information specialists Exchange Data International, UK's largest companies cut their dividend by 15%, paying out just £57 billion last year, a massive £10bn less than in 2008.

The banking sector was especially affected with banks slashing their dividends by half. The state-owned banks paid nothing, while HSBC only cut modestly and Standard Chartered actually increased its distributions to shareholders.

Exchange Data International Provides Dividend Data Through Findataportal™

Following its launch last year, FDP has added EDI worldwide dividedn data to its solution offering.

New York, September 15th, 2009 - FindataportalTM (FDP) today announced that Exchange Data International (EDI), a well established provider of Corporate Actions and Reference Data publishes its Worldwide Dividend data on FDP's financial data portal.

By publishing EDI's Worldwide Dividend data, FDP provides its users with in-depth coverage of cash and stock dividends across more than 110 countries. Findataportal is a very intuitive web-interface giving firms total freedom and control of their data usage.

S&P upgrades Securities DataManager with EDI Fixed Income Data

Standard & Poor's releases enhanced version of Securities DataManager with EDI Fixed Income Data.

15 April 2009 - Standard & Poor's, a leading provider of financial market intelligence and analysis, announced today a substantial enhancement of its Standard & Poor's Securities DataManager product, providing users with global terms and conditions data on more than 200,000 non-US fixed income securities.

Securities DataManager serves as an integrated fixed income data source that includes more than 2 million US Municipal and US Corporate securities. The service replaces manual entry with an automated process and delivers extensive descriptive data. Securities DataManager provides updated securities' data within 15 minutes of release to address the industry's need for timely reporting of fixed income securities.

Exchange Data International and DPC Data team up to offer comprehensive bond data.

EDI and DPC Data combine their expertise to provide the industry with an extensive coverage of bond reference and corporate actions data.

New York, April 1, 2009 - Exchange Data International (EDI), a well established financial data provider, and DPC Data, a data publishing and business process outsourcing company, announced a joint marketing agreement today. Through this agreement, clients of each company may easily obtain access to the extensive bond reference or corporate actions data provided by the other.

“Teaming with DPC Data allows EDI to enhance its Worldwide Fixed Income service with detailed information on US municipal bonds”, said EDI Fixed Income Manager, David Moore.