| INTERACTIVE DATA DELIVERS EXCHANGE TRADED COMMODITY DATA TO ETF SECURITIES
London : 7 August 2007
Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC), a leading provider of financial market data, analytics and related services, today announced that its Real-Time Services business is providing a range of exchange traded commodity data to ETF Securities Limited (‘ETF Securities’), a global pioneer in exchange traded commodities (ETCs). ETCs are securities which track commodity prices and trade on a stock exchange.
Via its low latency, digital datafeed, PlusFeedSM, Interactive Data is providing data to ETF Securities for its corporate website. Coverage includes the major European exchanges.
David Hann, general manager, EMEA, Interactive Data Real-Time Services, said: “In addition to our low latency datafeed for institutional clients, Interactive Data offers competitive services to the redistribution and web market. We have long been recognised as the leading provider of real-time feeds to redistributors worldwide and are pleased to supply this data to ETF Securities for their innovative site.”
Nik Bienkowski, Head of Listings and Research, ETF Securities, said: “The information supplied by Interactive Data will greatly enhance our offering. ETF Securities is a leading pioneer in developing ETCs. We recently announced that our new range of ETCs have attracted more than $1billion in investment, the majority of which has been invested since the start of the year.”
Interactive Data offers institutions a suite of services for their real-time needs. This includes PlusFeed, the real-time digital datafeed service that delivers financial information to power mission critical electronic market data applications, including algorithmic trading engines where speed is crucial. PlusFeed provides data from over 450 sources and exchanges worldwide, and covers in excess of 3.4 million securities.
About Interactive Data Corporation
Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC) is a leading global provider of financial market data, analytics and related services to financial institutions, active traders and individual investors. The Company's businesses supply time-sensitive pricing, evaluations and reference data for more than 3.5 million securities traded around the world, including hard-to-value instruments. Many of the world's best-known financial service and software companies subscribe to the Company's services in support of their trading, analysis, portfolio management and valuation activities. Through its businesses, Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data, Interactive Data Real-Time Services, Interactive Data Fixed Income Analytics, and eSignal, the Company has approximately 2,200 employees in offices located throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. The Company is headquartered in Bedford, Mass. Pearson plc (NYSE: PSO; LSE: PSON), an international media company, whose businesses include the Financial Times Group, Pearson Education, and the Penguin Group, is Interactive Data Corporation's majority stockholder.
Interactive Data Real-Time Services is a leading provider of real-time global market data to financial institutions, redistributors and online financial portals worldwide. Offerings from Interactive Data Real-Time Services include PlusFeed, a consolidated, low latency datafeed. Also managed as part of this business is Interactive Data Managed Solutions, a leading provider and operator of customised financial market information systems.
For more information about Interactive Data Corporation and its businesses, please visit www.interactivedata.com.
About ETF Securities
ETF Securities Limited is the leading pioneer in Exchange Traded Commodities (ETCs) – securities which track commodity prices and trade on a stock exchange. ETF Securities has now listed over 40 ETCs on the London Stock Exchange, which provide exposure to commodities such as gold, corn, hogs and zinc.
The management of ETF Securities Limited pioneered the development of Exchange Traded Commodities (ETCs), with the world’s first listing of an ETC, Gold Bullion Securities in Australia and London in 2003 and then the world’s first entire ETC platform, which was listed on the London Stock Exchange in September 2006. Since then, ETF Securities has listed its entire range of ETCs on Europe’s major exchanges (Frankfurt, Paris, Amsterdam and Italy) with each exchange creating a separate ETC segment.
For more information about ETF Securities, please visit www.etfsecurities.com
For further information about Interactive Data please contact:
INTERACTIVE DATA:
Investors
Andrew Kramer
Tel: +1 781-687-8306
Email: andrew.kramer@interactivedata.com
Media
Sue Mitchell (European media)
Tel: +44 (0)20 7825 8076
Email: sue.mitchell@interactivedata.com
John Coffey (US Media)
Tel: +1 781-687-8148
Email: john.coffey@interactivedata.com
ETF SECURITIES:
Helen Burden
Tel: +44 (0)20 7448 4336
Email: helen.burden@etfsecurities.com
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