WORLD MARKETS COMPANY PLC (WM COMPANY)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 LMA/4580
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: WORLD MARKETS COMPANY PLC (WM COMPANY)
Date(s)	: 1984-1997
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 0.01 linear metres.
Name of creator(s)	: World Markets Company x WM Company | pension fund performance measurement services

Context

Administrative/Biographical 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].

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of World Markets Company, comprising annual reviews of UK Pension Fund Service and guide booklets for World Markets Company services.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

LMA/4580/01 Annual Reviews;
LMA/4580/02 Explanatory Booklets.

Conditions governing access:

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Records deposited in 2008 and 2009.

Allied Materials

Related material:

This collection forms part of the Pensions Archive.

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
Records prepared May to September 2011.