Bloomberg Drops BICS for ICB, GICS

FRONT PAGE: ADMINISTRATION & MANAGEMENT

In another move toward openness, Bloomberg is to adopt two rival standards for classifying securities by industry sector, the Global Industry Classification Standard from Standard & Poor's and MSCI, and the Industry Classification Benchmark from Dow Jones and FTSE.

S&P announced that Bloomberg would use GICS in its Bloomberg Professional terminals last week. But sources tell IMD of a separate deal between Bloomberg and ICB in which Bloomberg has agreed to use the ICB standard in all Bloomberg

Only users who have a paid subscription or are part of a corporate subscription are able to print or copy content.

To access these options, along with all other subscription benefits, please contact info@waterstechnology.com or view our subscription options here: http://subscriptions.waterstechnology.com/subscribe

You are currently unable to copy this content. Please contact info@waterstechnology.com to find out more.

Sorry, our subscription options are not loading right now

Please try again later. Get in touch with our customer services team if this issue persists.

New to Waterstechnology? View our subscription options