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This sector contains all our information services jobs. These are generally in companies that provide information to the financial services industry. This information is often used to underpin investment, trading, or lending decisions, but may also be employed simply to gauge how well certain banks or business areas are performing. Companies operating in this sector include, for example, ratings agencies and financially-focused newswires.

Credit rating agencies such as Fitch, Moody's and Standard & Poors exist to assess the likelihood that organisations issuing debt that's sold on public markets (ie. organisations issuing bonds or their derivatives) will pay those debts back fully and on time. Both the issuer of the debt and the debt itself are issued ratings indicating their creditworthiness. Issuers can include corporates (companies), sovereigns (national governments), local governments, or charities. The safest debt, which will almost certainly be repaid, is assigned a triple A (AAA) rating. The least safe debt is issued a CCC rating or below, indicating that it's in danger of default.

Credit ratings agencies employ armies of information analysts to assess the creditworthiness of debt issuers. Junior jobs in information services are typically focused on data- gathering and analysis, while senior analysts will have more responsibility for interpreting data and assigning the rating. Agencies need individuals with quantitative expertise who can create models that underpin the ratings process. Depending upon the types of organisation and debt being rated, they also need sector specialists and people with an understanding of the effect of the macroeconomic climate on sovereign debt repayments.

Data Providers supply financial markets and the global media with critical real-time information such as company share prices, exchange rates, research and analytics, and tools and software for tracking portfolios. They also provide financial and business news services via a number of media channels. The data providing industry is dominated by Thomson Reuters and Bloomberg. There are also other, smaller, more information-specific companies such as Dealogic - which provides coverage of global capital markets, credit markets and mergers and acquisitions - or, for example, Initiative Europe - which provides information on private equity deals.

Jobs within data providers include a variety of graduate information services roles, including for data analysts (analysing information on companies and industry sectors) and journalists (analysing and writing about breaking financial news) as well as jobs in technology (IT and software development) and business development (evaluation and development of the company).

Both data providers and credit ratings agencies also provide an array of 'operational' jobs in accountancy, HR, IT and technical support among others.

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Java Developer - Leading eCommerce / eMarketplace firm Empiric £35,000 - £45,000 UK-London 22 May 13

An excellent & once in a life time opportunity for an Agile Java Developer to join an exciting Technology Prac...

Senior Engineer/Designer/Architect - Windows The JM Group GBP70000 - GBP80000 per annum + benefits UK-London 22 May 13

A leading financial services organisation is currently looking for a Senior Engineer/Architect (Windows) to jo...

Institutional Sales Representative GfK Boutique Research Competitive UK-London 22 May 13

Our people are the best in the world at converting data into insights.

Test Lead / Test Manager Harvey Nash plc GBP400 - GBP450 per day UK-London 22 May 13

Test Lead / Test Manager

Institutional Business Manager - leading global asset manager Stephen Bell Associates £Excellent Package UK-London 22 May 13

Business Manager in the institutional arm of a leading global asset manager.

Head of Analytics Capital Chase Basic + Bonus UK-London 22 May 13

Head of Analytics for: Big Data analysis, website analytics, customer segmentation, survey design and analysi...

Storage Engineer Harvey Nash plc GBP40000 - GBP55000 per annum + competit... UK-London 22 May 13

SAN Storage Engineer / EMC VMAX and NetApp / NetBackup and TSM

Director of Fixed Income Riversdale Consulting Competitive UK-London 22 May 13

This is an excellent opportunity to join a rapidly expanding best of breed financial services data provider. ...

Lead Solution Architect Harvey Nash plc GBP600 - GBP700 per day UK-London 21 May 13

Lead Solution Architect

Data Visualisation Developer Winton Capital Management Exceptional UK-London 21 May 13

World of data - we store the billions of records that are created each day by thousands of markets - economic ...

Administrative Assistant, S&P Capital IQ - London TheMcGraw-HillCompanies Not Specified UK-London 21 May 13

S&P Capital IQ combines two of our strongest brands--S&P, with its long history and experience in the financia...

Application Support (CDS and Perl) Hudson IT £55,000 - £65000 UK-London 21 May 13

Financial Services firm seek an Application Support Engineer for the eTrading Fixed Income Application. Techni...

Lead Developer AXA Wealth Competitive Salary UK-London 20 May 13

Here at Architas we are an investment company focused on delivering multi-manager investment propositions. We ...

CIB - Market Risk - SQL/Java Developer - Associate - Glasgow J.P.Morgan. Competitve UK-Glasgow 20 May 13

Please see the job description

Data and BI Operations Manager TFPL 40,000-60,000 UK-London 20 May 13

An international law firm has a requirement for a Data and BI Operations Manager to assist with the management...

Sales – Real-time news service Bond Radar Basic + commission UK-London 20 May 13

Bond Radar, a major provider of real-time news and data to the international financial markets, is looking for...

International Sales Executive MNI Indicators - Independent Contractor - London Market News International Competitive UK-London 20 May 13

Market News International (MNI) is the leading provider of news and intelligence specifically for the Global F...

Key Account Manager - BankersAccuity - London - French Speaking BankersAccuity- Reed Business Information Competitive salary & commission scheme UK-London 20 May 13

Reporting to the Sales Manager and working as part of our award winning sales team, as a Key Account Manager y...

Telesales Account Manager - BankersAccuity - London - Russian Speaking BankersAccuity- Reed Business Information Competitive UK-London 20 May 13

Reporting to the Sales Manager and working as part of our award-winning sales team, you will nurture, retain a...

EMEA Service Delivery Manager - Director/ Vice President Morgan Stanley Competitive UK-London 19 May 13

See job description for details

Information Risk Management - Director Hays Specialist Recruitment GBP85000.00 - GBP140000.00 per annum + b... UK-London 17 May 13

The Group Information Risk Management team provide oversight on the Business Unit Information Risk team, who p...

Front Office Application Support analyst Rates Derivatives Hudson IT £60-80,000 + Bonus and Benefits UK-London 17 May 13

Investment Bank seek a Front Office Application Support analyst in a business facing team for Front Office Ris...

Client Services Executive eFinancialCareers Competitive UK-London 17 May 13

As Client Services Executive you will provide specialist product support and guidance for our clients in the U...

Senior Sales Manager (ED/MD) Business Process Outsourcing Walker Hamill Upon Application UK-London 17 May 13

Our client is an independent global end-to-end portfolio servicer, and is looking to add to its client coverag...

Junior Marketing Manager - Private Banking Nelson Scott LLP £40,000 to £45,000 UK-London 17 May 13

This Global Private Bank that has a distinctive marketing approach, with a diverse range of initiatives. The...

IT Business Analyst - Sungard Adaptiv Nicoll Curtin Ltd GBP700 - GBP800 per day UK-London 16 May 13

IT Analyst for Mission critical Derivatives projects with an Investment bank.

SQL Server Data Warehouse Developer (SSIS ETL) Huxley Associates GBP40000 - GBP50000 per annum + Bonus, B... UK-South East 16 May 13

SQL Server Data Warehouse Developer (SSIS ETL Skills: SQL Server Data Warehouse Development, SSIS, SQL Server...

Compliance Manager - IT/ Operations Hays Specialist Recruitment GBP400.00 - GBP450.00 per day UK-London 14 May 13

IT/Operations Compliance Role!

Java, Scala, Akka, Cassandra, Concurrency, Low Latency, Front Office, Agile, Developer, Programmer, Engineer Lab49 Extremely Competitive Package + Bonus UK-London 14 May 13

Java, Scala, Actor Model, Akka, Cassandra, Concurrency, Low Latency, Front Office, Agile, Developer, Programme...

Message Email Specialist Bloomberg competitive UK-London 14 May 13

We are seeking a software engineer to work on and administer the email subsystem of Message. The email subsyst...

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