1971

Founded as Japan's first financial information vendor as 'Quotation Information Center K.K.'

1974

'VIDEO-I' Japan's first online real time securities information system starts

1976

'VIDEO-I' starts in Hong Kong (the first Japanese online information system for business in an overseas market)

1983

QUICK Electronics Services Corp. (Current QES Corp.) established to provide maintenance service on varied QUICK system

1984

'Index Board' a system for displaying financial indexes for wall display starts

1986

'QUICK-10' comprehensive financial information system starts

1987

Name changes to QUICK Corp. with corporate identity project as part of the aim of becoming a global company
London subsidiary established (changed to branch status in 1994)

1988

New York subsidiary established

1989

Hong Kong subsidiary established (changed to representative office in 1999)

1993

'QUICK-21 Watch' real time financial information system starts

1994

QUICK monthly market survey starts

1996

'QUICK-IS' open systems era comprehensive financial information system starts

1997

'QUICK TradeNet' an order routing and execution link between institutional investors and securities companies starts

1998

'QUICK IS-Web' a pioneer internet era service for online trading starts

2000

'QUICK Business Research Institute Corp. (name changed to QBR Corp. in 2002)' a specialist corporate and financial market research company established
'QUICK LevelX' a service supporting retail securities and financial sales starts

2002

'QUICK ActiveManager' a service meeting the needs of financial professionals starts

2004

'QUICK China Financial Web' starts

2005

Company head office relocated to Nihonbashi Muromachi in Tokyo

2006

'Astra Consultant' a retail asset management solutions service starts

2007

'Astra Manager' portfolio and market analysis solutions for investment management starts

2010

QUICK awarded Best Real-Time Data Vendor 2010 and Long-Term Contract Information Vendor 2010 by Shanghai Stock Exchange

2012

QUICK-FACTSET Global Web' launched to provide worldwide company information in Japanese

2013

'Qr1' (QUICK LevelX r1), a next generation service for securities starts
Fanet Corp. (current K-ZONE Corp.) established to operate a simulation site for stock trading　

2014

QUICK ESG Research Center established
'QUICK ESG Service' with Eiris (current Vigeo Eiris) jointly starts
Advance into Asia business with N2N Connect (Malaysia) and StoxPlus (Vietnam)
'IRroid' a service supporting IR for companies starts

2015

'QUICK FactSet Workstation' with FactSet (USA) jointly starts
'QUICK Money World' a service for individual investors starts

2016

Invested in Xignite (USA) to ramp up FinTech initiatives
The QUICK corporate logo was renewed and a new brand design was introduced
QUICK absorbed QBR Co., Ltd., and established Corporate Valuation Research Center and Asset Management Research Center.
Started offering the QUICK Corporate Alert service for inidividual investors
QUICK starts providing the Glass Lewis’ [Proxy Paper reports]
Released QUICK AI Sokuho, which uses artificial intelligence to analyze news automatically
Invested in and formed a business tie-up with RIM INTELLIGENCE, which provides energy-related information

2017

QUICK Begins Providing Glass Lewis' Proxy Vote Management Platform
Obtained top-level Eruboshi certification, based on the Act on Promotion of Women's Participation and Advancement in the Workplace

2018

Communication tool with Symphony Communication Services, LLC (USA) jointly starts
Started offering the QUICK Workstation for financial professional　

2019

Financial Digital Solutions Ltd. established jointly with Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.
Formed capital and business alliance with SCRIPTS Asia to providing event minutes for investors starts
Launched financial information platform service jointly with Finatext

2021

Establishment of QUICK Benchmarks Inc. (QBS), the TORF provider
50th anniversary of foundation
Company head office relocated to Nihonbashi Kabutocho in Tokyo