Townsend Analytics Begins Distributing Interactive Data's GTIS Real-Time Data on Its RealTick Trading Platform.Business Editors BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 18, 2004 Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : IDC), a leading global provider of financial data and analytics to institutional and individual investors, announced that Townsend Analytics, Ltd. is distributing GTIS GTIS Government Telecommunications and Informatics Services (Canada) GTIS Global Trade Information Services GTIS GOES Tap Imaging System GTIS Government Technical Information Services (Canada) real-time foreign exchange rates and precious metals Precious Metals Valuable metals such as gold, iridium, palladium, platinum, and silver. Notes: Investing in precious metals can be done either by purchasing the physical asset, or by purchasing futures contracts for the particular metal. market data through its RealTick(R) trading platform. GTIS is part of ComStock, Inc., a division of Interactive Data Corporation. Townsend Analytics provides real-time data Real-time data denotes information that is delivered immediately after collection. There is no delay in the timeliness of the information provided. Some uses of this term confuse it with the term dynamic data. and direct-access trading software and is displaying GTIS foreign-exchange spot-and-forward rates as well as precious metals information to meet customer demand, especially in Europe. "We chose GTIS market data for its high quality as well as its flexible formatting and ease of use," said Stuart Townsend Stuart Townsend (born on December 15, 1972 in Howth, County Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish actor. He was hired to play the part of Aragorn in the Lord of the Rings, but was released after production had already started. Viggo Mortensen took over the role on two days' notice. , president of Townsend Analytics. RealTick represents a powerful data and direct-access trading platform that provides traders with all the tools necessary to make critical trading decisions. It offers real-time market data direct from the exchanges, ECNs and other providers, sophisticated charting, analytics, news, fundamental data and risk-management tools. RealTick also furnishes advanced-trading tools that include multiple-order types and electronic routing for U.S. and foreign equities, bonds, futures, options, commodities and currencies. "Our GTIS data supplies the marketplace with comprehensive foreign exchange and other contributed market data from a recognized provider, sourced from the world's leading market makers," said Cort Williams, vice president of strategy and business development for FT Interactive Data. About Townsend Analytics Townsend Analytics has been changing the way the world trades since 1985. The Chicago-based company created many technology innovations that are now considered standards in the financial services industry. These include the first real-time financial software under Microsoft Windows(R); the first product to provide real-time streaming market data over the Internet; the first integrated solution for Nasdaq trading rooms; and the first Windows-based direct-access trading solution. Townsend Analytics also developed Archipelago, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , the first totally open, fully electronic stock exchange in the U.S. Using proprietary SmartBookTM technology, Archipelago gives investors equal access to all available market liquidity, including other exchanges and ECNs, and matches trade orders with the best possible price on the market. *RealTick is a registered trademark of Townsend Analytics, Ltd. About GTIS GTIS is a leading supplier of foreign-exchange data, money markets and fixed-income data to the global financial community for more than 20 years. GTIS collects and consolidates data from the world's leading market-maker banks and brokerage firms in the major trading centers in North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. , Europe and Asia-Pacific. Offering fixed income, foreign exchange, precious metals and money-market data, GTIS delivers real-time contributed data for more than 160 currencies and cross rates Cross rates The exchange rate between two currencies expressed as the ratio of two foreign exchange rates that are both expressed in terms of a third currency. Foreign exchange rate between two currencies other than the US dollar, the currency in which most exchanges are usually quoted. covering major, secondary, and exotic spot and forward rates, as well as European and Asian cross rates and calculated and historical prices. GTIS also offers data on U.S. Treasury securities U.S. Treasury securities Interest-bearing obligations if the U.S. government issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury as a means of borrowing money to meet government expenditures not covered by tax revenues. , Canadian governments and provincials, JGBs as well as European government debt, deposit rates and other money market instruments Money market instruments See: Cash investments . About Interactive Data Corporation Interactive Data Corporation is a leading global provider of securities pricing, financial information, and analytic tools to institutional and individual investors. The company supplies time-sensitive pricing (including evaluated pricing), dividend, corporate action, and descriptive information 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. Interactive Data Corporation is headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts. Through its branded businesses, including FT Interactive Data, ComStock and CMS (1) See content management system and color management system. (2) (Conversational Monitor System) Software that provides interactive communications for IBM's VM operating system. BondEdge, Interactive Data Corporation has approximately 1,800 employees in offices located throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Pearson plc (NYSE: PSO PSO - Oracle Parallel Server ), an international media company, whose businesses include the Financial Times Group, Pearson Education, and the Penguin Group, owns approximately 60 percent of the outstanding common stock of Interactive Data Corporation. |
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