Financial technology company S3 Partners (S3) has added its Black App to the Thomson Reuters Eikon App Studio.
The app delivers real-time short interest, market- standard borrow and loan rates, and predictive analytics that identify trading and portfolio- finance opportunities on 28,000+ public equities, indices and ETFs globally.
“Collaboration over our open platform is a key component to delivering a world-class trading solution on Eikon,” says Michael Chin (pictured), co-head of Trading, Thomson Reuters. “By adding S3’s Black App, Eikon buy-side clients have an incredibly powerful analytical tool to leverage in their trading decisions.”
“S3 Partners is focused on developing and delivering predictive analytics that lead to better investment outcomes for market professionals that utilise the Black App,” says Bob Sloan, Managing Partner, S3 Partners. “Thomson Reuters Eikon is a leading global financial platform and is an ideal partner for S3 to deliver its award-winning app.”

The Black App draws on S3’s unique data sources to generate insights and analytics that complement the Eikon user’s workflow. In addition, portfolios can be integrated and easily uploaded to the Black App via Excel. 

In addition, S3 Partners announced that its Black Mid Rate is now available on the Thomson Reuters Eikon App Studio. The Black Mid Rate is the weighted mid-market financing rate for borrow and loan activity that provides indicative financing market insight into what has been historically one of the most opaque areas of the securities market. Black Mid Rate information is available for 28,000+ public equities, indices and ETFs globally.
Thomson Reuters Eikon is a powerful and intuitive next-generation solution for consuming pricing, reference and historical data and connecting with the financial markets community. Its award-winning news, analytics and data visualisation tools help its users make more efficient trading and investment decisions across asset classes and instruments including commodities, derivatives, equities, fixed income and foreign exchange. Thomson Reuters Eikon is a leading desktop and mobile solution that is open, connected, informed and intelligent, and provides access to a messaging community of over 300,000 financial professionals.