Eikon is a set of software products provided by
Refinitiv for financial professionals to monitor and analyze financial information. It provides access to real time
market data, news,
fundamental data,
analytics
Analytics is the systematic computational analysis of data or statistics. It is used for the discovery, interpretation, and communication of meaningful patterns in data. It also entails applying data patterns toward effective decision-making. It ...
, trading and messaging tools. It provides data on asset classes including
foreign exchange
The foreign exchange market (Forex, FX, or currency market) is a global decentralized or over-the-counter (OTC) market for the trading of currencies. This market determines foreign exchange rates for every currency. It includes all as ...
,
money markets,
fixed income
Fixed income refers to any type of investment under which the borrower or issuer is obliged to make payments of a fixed amount on a fixed schedule. For example, the borrower may have to pay interest at a fixed rate once a year and repay the prin ...
,
equities,
commodities
In economics, a commodity is an economic good, usually a resource, that has full or substantial fungibility: that is, the market treats instances of the good as equivalent or nearly so with no regard to who produced them.
The price of a comm ...
, funds, and
real estate.
History
Thomson Reuters launched Eikon in 2010 as a replacement for
Reuters 3000 Xtra, Reuters’ earlier platform. At the end of 2013, an Eikon subscription was reported to cost from $300 to $1,800 per month, the average setup being around $800 per month. In October 2018 Eikon was transferred to
Refinitiv as a result of a larger deal between
Blackstone and the Financial & Risk business of Thomson Reuters.
Under pressure from the
Government of China, Refinitiv censored over 200 stories by
Reuters covering the
2019–20 Hong Kong protests, removing them from its Eikon platform for consumers in Mainland China.
The company developed a "Strategic China filter" to block politically-sensitive stories from readers in
Mainland China.
Platforms
Eikon includes a desktop client,
mobile app and a Web interface, as well as APIs for programmatic access. The Eikon interface is customizable by the user. The main desktop client runs on
Microsoft Windows
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and lets users compose customized views on multiple screens. Refinitiv also provides data retrieval add-ons for
Microsoft Office.
Eikon provides access to real-time
Tradeweb data for 20 fixed income and derivatives asset classes, including government
bond markets, alongside market-related news from
Reuters and other sources.
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External links
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