FIRST CALL CORPORATION SIGNS DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT WITH MONTGOMERY SECURITIES FOR RESEARCH DIRECT; Complete Research Reports From Montgomery Securities Are Now Available On-line From FIRST CALL RESEARCH DIRECT.BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 25, 1995--First Call Corporation, the leading distributor of real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example. commingled research and earnings estimates, today announced that Montgomery Montgomery, city, United StatesMontgomery, city (1990 pop. 187,106), state capital and seat of Montgomery co., E central Ala., near the head of navigation on the Alabama River just below the confluence of the Coosa and Tallapoosa rivers, and in the rich Securities, one of Institutional Investor's Top 20 ranked research firms, has agreed to provide its research reports to First Call RESEARCH DIRECT for electronic delivery to institutional clients. The brokerage firm will be joining the most prominent broker research firms on Wall Street, including eight of II's top 10 ranked firms. RESEARCH DIRECT users will be able to gain immediate, on-line access to company and industry research reports from Montgomery Securities effective immediately. "We strongly believe that electronic distribution and retrieval systems, such as First Call RESEARCH DIRECT, will be the delivery systems of choice for institutions receiving Wall Street research," says Seth Gersch, managing director of Montgomery Securities. "We're we're Contraction of we are. we're we are pleased to be participating in First Call RESEARCH DIRECT." "Montgomery Securities is the 12th Institutional Investor Institutional Investor A non-bank person or organization that trades securities in large enough share quantities or dollar amounts that they qualify for preferential treatment and lower commissions. Top 20 ranked brokerage firm to join First Call RESEARCH DIRECT, and 10 of those firms contribute to our system on an exclusive basis," said Bruce Bruce, Scottish royal family descended from an 11th-century Norman duke, Robert de Brus. He aided William I in his conquest of England (1066) and was given lands in England. Fador, president of First Call Corporation. "We're pleased to welcome Montgomery Securities, which has been a valued contributor to First Call Notes since 1988." First Call RESEARCH DIRECT currently delivers complete equity research reports -- including all text, charts, graphs, color, and formatting -- electronically from 30 major sell-side firms to more than 130 of the world's largest institutional money management firms, representing more than 1,520 desktop views. "Montgomery Securities has extensively evaluated electronic distribution options for its in-depth research reports," says Roland Beaulieu, senior executive vice president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of First Call Corporation. "The decision by Montgomery to join First Call RESEARCH DIRECT is a clear indication of the market trend as well as evidence of our well established institutional client base." Montgomery Securities is the nation's premier investment bank in securities brokerage dedicated to growth companies. Its three main areas of business are investment banking, institutional brokerage, and asset management. In the first half of this decade, Montgomery Securities has raised more than $24 billion for growth companies and helped more than 130 of them go public. A private partnership located in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , CA, Montgomery Securities has also advised growth companies on $13 billion worth of mergers and acquisitions. FIRST CALL is the premier source of real-time, commingled equity research and corporate financial information. Serving institutional clients since 1985, First Call provides access to analysts morning meeting notes and intraday Intraday Another way of saying "within the day." Notes: This term is often used for the new highs and lows of a security. For example, "a new intraday high" means a security reached a new all-time high throughout the trading day, but then fell by closing. research broadcasts from major North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. and international brokerage firms; full-text corporate press releases from more than 1,000 companies; timely earnings estimates on 13,000 companies as provided by leading research firms; and a fundamental database covering 5,500 public companies. First Call is also the leading provider of on-line equity research reports through First Call RESEARCH DIRECT, as well as a leader in delivery of research, news and commentary on the fixed-income markets via First Call BondCall. Boston-based First Call is part of Thomson Financial Thomson Financial A major provider of information, analytical tools, and consulting services to the financial community. The firm, a division of Thomson Corporation, is best known to investors for its First Call segment, which publishes consensus earnings Services, a leading provider of quality financial information, research, analysis, and software products to the worldwide financial and corporate communities. CONTACT: Matt Zachowski (212) 888-6115 |
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