Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
World Markets Company x WM Company , pension fund performance measurement services
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Description area
Dates of existence
History
The World Markets Company (also known as the WM Company) provide investment administration and pension fund performance measurement services, based in Edinburgh. Established in 1967 within the computer division of Wood, Mackenzie and Company, who initially operated as stockbrokers but now provide research services about the energy industry, it became a separate company in 1984. It became a subsidiary of Banker's Trust in 1987.
Source of information: http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/edinburgh-firm-is-coy-about-identity-of-investor-worth-several-billion-pounds-wm-company-lands-big-fish-1.425820 and http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-4805160.html [accessed 18 May 2010].