OTC Markets Group beefs up small cap listed compliance offerings with 'hot sector' data

OTC Markets Group Inc (OTCQX:OTCM) has added what’s known as “Hot Sector” industry information to its small cap listed compliance data offering, which is designed to provide broker-dealers and risk management teams with the data they need to evaluate sub-$500 million securities.

The compliance offering, which contains information such as a company’s microcap status, stock split history and shell status, now includes additional data points to specifically equip investors to identify securities in dynamic sectors like cannabis and cryptocurrency/blockchain.

“It is essential for firms to establish a consistent framework to analyze small cap securities across the listed and OTC equity market,” Market Data and Strategy EVP Matthew Fuchs said in a statement. “The availability of listed cannabis and cryptocurrency/blockchain securities data will provide risk management teams greater ability to track movement between the OTC and listed marketplace and make informed decisions relating to these sectors.”

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The small cap compliance file was launched in September 2018, and at the time encompassed roughly 1,800 sub-$500 million market cap securities. Today, the number of securities covered is more than 2,300.

The file is sent out twice daily at 5 am ET and 7 pm ET.

Data provided includes:

• Active and Historical Stock Promotion
• Penny Stock Status
• OTC Graduate information
• Microcap Status
• Security Name Change History
• Current and Former Shell Status
• Stock Split History

OTC Markets Group prides itself on delivering mission-critical quote and trade data, in addition to the company and security information on its OTCQX, OTCQB and Pink securities.

The group’s various data offerings include real-time data, end-of-day data, historical quote data, company financial data, security master data, corporate reference data and compliance data.

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