NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC) today announced that its
Managed Solutions group, a leading provider and operator of customized
financial market information systems, is providing the financial content
for Zecco.com, a premiere online brokerage that offers free equity
trading.
Through its relationship with Interactive Data Managed Solutions,
Zecco.com can now offer its customers easily navigable stock quotes,
charts, virtual portfolio information, watch list tools, market data,
stock research information, and aggregated news.
“We’re extremely
pleased to have Interactive Data’s technology
and content at the core of our financial community,”
said Jeroen Veth, CEO and founder of Zecco. “Through
our relationship with Interactive Data Managed Solutions, we’re
able to provide our users with the crucial information and tools they
need to optimize their investing strategies.”
“By leveraging Interactive Data’s
innovative technology and vast range of global financial information, we
have been able to efficiently create a unique set of highly customized
offerings that are tailored to the needs of Zecco and its online
customers,” said Luan A. Cox, general manager
of Interactive Data Managed Solutions (Americas). “Zecco
is a market leader in offering access to free online share trading and
we look forward to helping them achieve their goal of becoming a
preeminent online destination for investors.”
Interactive Data Managed Solutions builds and manages customized
web-based financial market data applications for a range of
organizations worldwide, from retail and investment banks to online
brokers, stock exchanges and media portals. By aggregating a broad set
of financial data and client-proprietary content and offering visually
stunning features such as charts, sophisticated search functions and
other decision-support tools and analytics, these intuitive applications
can help customers optimize their business processes and realize
efficiencies. Additional information is available at www.interactivedata-ms.com.
About Zecco
Zecco Holdings (www.zecco.com) is the
company behind Zecco.com, the online financial portal and community
through which investors trade stocks for free. Zecco.com provides a
valuable community-moderated space where great investing ideas can be
freely shared, debated and tested. Zecco.com also has a comprehensive
suite of news, quotes, and stock research tools to help investors make
informed decisions and network with others. Headquartered in Ontario,
California, Zecco.com combines the best features of a financial portal,
social networking community, and online brokerage at an attractive
price: Free.
About Interactive Data Corporation
Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC) is a leading global provider of
financial market data, analytics and related services to financial
institutions, active traders and individual investors. The Company’s
businesses supply time-sensitive pricing, evaluations and reference data
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. Through its businesses, FT Interactive Data, ComStock, CMS
BondEdge and eSignal, Interactive Data has approximately 2,200 employees
in offices located throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia,
and is headquartered in Bedford, MA. Pearson plc (NYSE: PSO; LSE: PSON),
an international media company, whose businesses include the Financial
Times Group, Pearson Education, and the Penguin Group, owns
approximately 62 percent of the outstanding common stock of Interactive
Data Corporation.
ComStock is a leading provider of real-time global market data to
financial institutions, redistributors and online financial portals
worldwide. ComStock's suite of services includes PlusFeed, a
consolidated, low latency datafeed. Also managed as part of the ComStock
group is Interactive Data Managed Solutions, a leading provider and
operator of customized financial market information systems. For more
information about Interactive Data and its businesses, please visit www.interactivedata.com.
