HSBC ends 5-year collaboration with Markit
Hong Kong
HSBC has ended its marketing tie-up with financial information firm Markit Ltd, both companies told Reuters on Friday, winding up a five-year relationship.
The two firms said that HSBC had ended its sponsorship of the closely watched China Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) and other emerging markets indexes compiled by Markit. Both described the cooperation as a success, and neither gave a specific reason for ending the arrangement. "The sponsorship arrangement is now coming to an end and we will announce replacement sponsors soon," said Laura Davis, a Singapore-based spokeswoman for Markit, in an e-mailed statement. Several banking…
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