Jun 12, 2012
Thomson Reuters Eikon goes Chinese
Traders working in Chinese now have
their own version of the Thomson Reuters Eikon desktop.
A bespoke simplified Chinese-language version has been
launched as the firm looks to tap the rapidly growing demand for trading
systems in the country, with the emerging internationalisation of Renminbi
(RMB) and the Chinese State Council's goal to make Shanghai an international
financial center by 2020.
Thomson Reuters Eikon is designed to provide an intuitive
way to consume real-time data and execute financial markets transactions across
asset classes such as foreign exchange (FX), fixed income, commodities,
equities and derivatives.
The system offers bankers, investors, analysts and traders
market information, news, analytics and trading tools from one financial
markets desktop.
Eikon provides a resource for tracking the onshore and
offshore RMB market, a specialism of the information company which launched FX
swap RMB trading on Thomson Reuters Matching last August.
“Thomson Reuters Eikon is my primary choice of investment
tool. With its easy-to-use and intuitive interface and search capabilities,
Eikon enables me to quickly find the information and tools I need,” said
Zhuangzhi Yu, forex trader, EXIM Bank. “Rich news content and data combined
with powerful charting analysis gives me the edge in the market and helps me
make the sound trading decisions that my company and clients require. Eikon
greatly improves the efficiency and clarity of my work.”
“Our development team in China worked closely with local
clients to ensure Eikon meets their needs and the response from clients is
overwhelmingly positive. With Eikon we are breaking what was an outdated and
over-complicated mould for financial markets desktops,” said David Craig,
president of Financial and Risk, Thomson Reuters.
Bruce Love
+44 (0)20 7397 3818
bruce.love@thetrade.ltd.uk