NEW YORK, NY, June 21, 2006 – Reuters (LSEL RTR, Nasdaq: RTRSY) and Paladyne Systems, LLC, a leading solutions provider for the hedge fund industry, today announced a strategic alliance which combines the Reuters DataScope market data solution with Paladyne’s front- to- back office hedge fund product suite. This joint product offering creates a unique combination of world-class technology infrastructure with comprehensive front- to- back office market data.
Reuters has been targeting its market data solutions to hedge funds and their service providers, including prime brokers and fund administrators. By offering its market data within the PALADYNE™ product suite, Reuters has secured a strategic distribution channel into the hedge fund industry. This relationship provides Reuters with a market data delivery channel that may be custom tailored and priced according to the exact needs of any hedge fund, regardless of size and complexity.
The PALADYNE product suite includes order management, real-time profits and losses and portfolio management, custom reporting, data warehousing and analytics, and client relationship management. By adding Reuters DataScope – including real-time pricing, terms and conditions, and analytical data – into its service offering, Paladyne’s solution meets the demanding, real-time operational and decision-support requirements of today’s most comprehensive hedge funds.
Caroline O’Shaughnessy, Global Head of Third Party Alliances, Enterprise Information, Reuters, said: “We are delighted to be integrated with Paladyne’s premier front-to-back office product suite. This strategic alliance further enhances our Reuters DataScope Real-time Pricing and Reference Data offering targeted to the hedge fund community.”
Sameer Shalaby, Chief Executive Officer, Paladyne Systems, said: “The partnership with Reuters adds significant value to our customers and brings us closer to providing a complete ASP infrastructure to the hedge fund industry. By distributing Reuters data as part of our hosted platform, Paladyne clients have immediate access to market data at a lower cost than competitive data providers.”
The PALADYNE suite is available either as a fully hosted solution or as an on-site local installation.
About Reuters
Reuters (www.reuters.com), the global information company, provides indispensable information tailored for professionals in the financial services, media and corporate markets. Its trusted information drives decision making across the globe based on a reputation for speed, accuracy and independence. Reuters has 15,300 staff in 89 countries, including staff from the acquisition of Telerate in June 2005. It also includes 2,300 editorial staff in 189 bureaux serving 128 countries, making Reuters the world’s largest international multimedia news agency. In 2005, Reuters revenues were ?2.4 billion.
