Support : Publications : Chronolog Archives : Jan/Feb 2003

Changes to Insider Trading Monitor (File 549)

Insider Trading Monitor (File 549), the world's most expansive collection of insider trading data, has been enhanced and is now being updated by a separate division of Thomson Financial, Lancer Analytics. The file name for File 549 has been changed to The Thomson Financial Insider Trading Monitor. Other changes include:

• SEC Form 144 (Intention to Sell Restricted Securities) included in addition to Forms 3, 4, and 5
  
  
• Increased coverage dating from 1986 to the present
  
  
• Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes and descriptions replaced by a set of proprietary industry descriptions
  
  
• A numeric identifier added to identify transactions by the same person using different names or spellings
  
  
• Increased reliability and consistency

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