SINGAPORE--(Marketwire - November 2, 2010) - Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, rolled out its next-generation desktop for financial market professionals for ASEAN-based clients at Singapore's Red Dot Design Museum today. Thomson Reuters Eikon (pronounced "icon") is the third component of the company's bold innovation agenda that redefines how financial professionals work by placing the most comprehensive market information, news, analytics and trading tools available into a desktop as simple to use and collaborative as the Internet.
Thomson Reuters Eikon provides financial professionals with new tools to thrive in a new era. It follows the launch in April of Thomson Reuters Elektron, a new ultra-high speed data distribution network built to cope with the ever growing volumes of data generated by global markets and Reuters Insider, an interactive on-demand video platform that premiered in May. The highly innovative Reuters Insider multimedia service is a key part of the Eikon experience, offering a totally new way of consuming professional video news on-demand and fully contextualised within the desktop.
In Singapore, the company's key clients are already trialing Thomson Reuters Eikon and are in the process of placing orders. Around the region the response has been unprecedented, with customers in Indonesia and Thailand being some of the first to take advantage of the new benefits Eikon will provide to their customers.
Notably, a vital portion of Thomson Reuters Eikon product development was led by the firm's Bangkok office, while additional product development was driven out of Beijing, Hong Kong, and Tokyo. Customers can receive 24/7 support via multiple channels offered in eight languages including Mandarin, Cantonese, Malay, Indonesian, Thai and Vietnamese.
Additionally, users across the region can benefit from the Knowledge Network, a new offering from Thomson Reuters that brings together innovative multimedia learning methods to enhance the Thomson Reuters Eikon experience. Clients receive immediate and interactive live training through Knowledge Live with expert and specialist trainers.
"In a world where markets, geographies and asset classes are increasingly correlated, the need for easily accessible information becomes vital. Thomson Reuters Eikon removes the need to remember instrument codes or use complex interfaces," said Edward Haddad, Managing Director Singapore, Thomson Reuters.
"The messaging and publishing capabilities within Thomson Reuters Eikon make it unlike anything else available in our industry today," Haddad added.
Thomson Reuters Eikon leverages information into easy-to-use web style search, aggregates the best of social networking technology, and allows for seamless mobile interchange from the office, home or while on the move. Eikon is available on multiple computer platforms, BlackBerry and iPhone devices with a single sign-on to access information anywhere, at anytime.
A core innovation of Thomson Reuters Eikon is the harnessing of social networking technology for financial markets and the ability to connect financial professionals around the globe in creating valuable communities. With the tools to publish views or ideas to targeted groups and share real-time rich content and analysis with colleagues and market counterparts, financial professionals can build relationships and grow their business.
To complete the trading cycle, Thomson Reuters Eikon seamlessly links to some of the world's deepest pools of foreign exchange, equities, fixed income and trading venues such as Tradeweb, with easy-click trade capabilities so that market professionals can act in real-time.
Singapore's Red Dot Design Museum, known for its edgy, innovative and provocative exhibitions, provided the backdrop for the "Eikon Go Live" event which showcased Thomson Reuters Eikon as well as a number of important consumer innovations that demonstrate some of today's best technology. The inventions were brought to Singapore by Thomson Reuters and reveal how new ideas are changing the way people think, act, work and play.
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