Johannesburg, 28 Feb 2013
I-Net Bridge, South Africa's preferred provider of economic, financial market and corporate data, has launched its new real-time platform called I-Net Trader. Designed with the trader market in mind, I-Net Trader is set to be a real game-changer.
The launch comes nearly two months after I-Net Bridge formed a partnership with Infront, a Norwegian technology provider with extensive experience in global financial markets.
Through this partnership, I-Net Bridge is offering the Infront-powered I-Net Trader, which features a composite order book where subscribers can see all the orders for a given instrument across all markets, detailed South African content and market data from over 50 international exchanges.
"We look forward to bolstering the Infront terminal with African and South African content from our extensive databases," says Barbara Arnold, the head of next-generation products and marketing at I-Net Bridge. "This combination will allow us to deliver a powerful offering to our customers."
Arnold says the new terminal, I-Net Trader, provides buy-side professionals and sell-side users at all levels - from internal traders to those trading for clients - with everything needed to analyse and follow over 50 exchanges worldwide.
As part of an open, integrated and flexible platform, I-Net Trader enables high performance and reliable access over the Internet or private networks, says Arnold.
"A single subscription enables you to use the I-Net Trader terminal at the office, at home or on your laptop while on the move. I-Net Trader also supports iPhone, iPad and Android mobile platforms as part of the standard I-Net Trader subscription," she adds.
Customisable, I-Net Trader's functionality is tailored to different user segments, using the same technology but with different set-ups for internal traders, sales desks and institutional customers.
"Whether you need a broad market perspective or a detailed view of a single instrument, the I-Net Trader terminal quickly presents the information you need to make critical business decisions. The system is capable of providing real-time quotes from over 50 exchanges, with news, corporate events and specialist data never more than a click away," says Arnold.
"A few mouse clicks is all it takes to combine multiple markets, indices, news, charts, specialist data and fundamentals into a comprehensive financial workspace, or use any number of preconfigured workspaces available in the system specially created to get you up and running as quickly as possible."
"The combination of in-depth local financial content and excellent service delivery from I-Net with Infront's proven technology and international market data, covering over 50 exchanges, provides a compelling solution for South African financial players," says Kristian Nesbak, the CEO of Infront. "We're excited about the possibilities this will open in this growing market."
I-Net Bridge is 83.3%-owned by the JSE-listed Times Media, and the remainder is held by BDFM, which owns Business Day, Financial Mail and Summit TV.
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