Interactive Data Wins Awards for Best Data Feed Provider and Best Information Display System

Interactive Data Corporation, a leading provider of financial market data, analytics and related solutions, today announced that it has received two industry awards for ‘Best Data Feed Provider’ and ‘Best Information Display System’ at the Systems in the City Awards 2011, held in London on 12 May. 

For the third consecutive year, Interactive Data won in the category of ‘Best Data Feed Provider’ for PlusFeed^SM, its low-latency, consolidated data feed.  Dedicated to providing financial institutions with low and ultra-low latency global market data feed services, PlusFeed is a high-capacity, low-latency data feed that delivers comprehensive global, multi-asset class instrument coverage from more than 450 sources worldwide, including over 125 exchanges, with extensive level 2 data.  The feed is used by financial firms to power algorithmic and electronic trading applications, as well as many other time-sensitive applications.  PlusFeed is also available on the Interactive Data 7ticks’ ultra-low latency network. 

In addition, Interactive Data won in the category of ‘Best Information Display System’ for its PrimeTerminal^SM and FTS^SM services.  PrimeTerminal Professional is a dynamic, highly customisable market data desktop solution for wealth management, private banks, asset managers and financial advisors.  FTS is a flexible, web-based securities administration tool offering an intuitive, online view with functionality to maintain clients’ securities portfolios and download data in a required format.  Interactive Data provides securities pricing, evaluated pricing and reference data for millions of securities from more than 450 markets and exchanges worldwide, including hard-to-value instruments. 

"We are delighted that the 2011 Systems in the City Awards have again recognised our low-latency data feed, as well as our financial information delivery systems, as leading offerings in their respective fields,” said Brendan Beith, head of EMEA Business at Interactive Data.  “We work closely with our clients to understand their workflow and take pride in providing financial institutions with offerings that can help address their specific needs.”

The Systems in the City Awards are organised annually by Goodacre UK, a leading provider of specialist support services for the securities and financial markets.  The awards aim to highlight the excellence of system suppliers within the financial services industry in the UK.  Following the nominations process, the awards were determined by an independent panel of judges and the winners were announced at an awards ceremony held on 12 May in London.


About Interactive Data Corporation

Interactive Data Corporation is a trusted leader in financial information.  Thousands of financial institutions and active traders, as well as hundreds of software and service providers, subscribe to our fixed income evaluations, reference data, real-time market data, trading infrastructure services, fixed income analytics, desktop solutions and web-based solutions.  Interactive Data’s offerings can help clients around the world with mission-critical functions, including portfolio valuation, regulatory compliance, risk management, electronic trading and wealth management.  Interactive Data is headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts and has more than 2,400 employees in offices worldwide.

Pricing, evaluations and reference data are provided in the US through Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data, Inc. and internationally through Interactive Data (Europe) Ltd. and Interactive Data (Australia) Pty Ltd.

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For further information, please contact:

Brian Willinsky (US media)
Tel: +1 781-687-8291
Email: brian.willinsky@interactivedata.com

Sue Mitchell (European and Asia Pacific media)
Tel: +44 (0)20 7825 8076 
Email: sue.mitchell@interactivedata.com