A comprehensive tool integrating top down macro-economic research with bottom up
analysis in one powerful application
NEW YORK, February 13, 2012 - Thomson Reuters today announced the launch of a
powerful, new tool that supports investment professionals' needs for tighter
integration between macroeconomic research and fundamental analysis. Thomson
Reuters Datastream Professional combines unrivalled economic research with
cross- asset analytics and fundamental data in one integrated application. This
supports Thomson Reuters goal to deliver superior content analytical tools to
improve investment workflows and achieve increased alpha.
Alois Pirker of Aite Group said, "Datastream Professional is a valuable
development for the investment community. Facing a vast amount of data,
investors have been in need of a tool that allows them to analyze and focus on
the assets and sectors relevant to them. The intuitive nature and the user-
friendly interface of Datastream Professional enables users to easily explore an
array of data to distinguish data applicable to specific needs and analyze that
data for measurable trends."
As global events, such as the Eurozone and US debt crises, make a greater impact
on financial markets, investors are placing increasing importance on top-down
macro analytics to support their investment processes. Â Datastream Professional
is a new product that combines the world's largest historical financial
database, Datastream, with critical real-time market data, global news from
Reuters and powerful analytical tools - all within the one solution. Together
with leading fundamental data and asset analysis from Thomson Reuters, such as
I/B/E/S estimates, StarMine equity analytics, ASSET4's environmental, social
responsibility and corporate governance content, First Call broker research,
StreetEvents corporate disclosure information, Datastream Professional makes it
easier to identify global developments and target the right assets, sectors and
countries to invest in.
Neil Masterson, managing director, Investors, Thomson Reuters said, "Challenging
economic circumstances, growing sovereign debt and greater focus on new areas
like the emerging markets are driving investment professionals' needs for a
single tool that integrates top-down macroeconomic research and bottom-up
fundamental analysis in one place. Datastream Professional is a major leap
forward for the investment community and is designed to deliver the content,
analytics and tools they need to spot opportunities quickly and test theories
with greater confidence."
The platform's powerful search tool provides intelligent searching, ranking and
filtering across all time-series and intuitively suggests links to relevant
content, allowing the user to easily navigate and explore the range of data to
identify their needs, whether news, indices, analytics or macroeconomics. Â It
incorporates sophisticated charting and correlation analysis, making it easier
to examine relationships and trends between assets at the touch of a button.
Thousands of pre-built economic charts, developed by Thomson Reuters and Fathom
Consulting, are embedded in the system. These and others in the chart library
integrate seamlessly with Microsoft Office applications and can be updated
dynamically through the Datastream Professional connection. Â Professionals' own
proprietary data can also be used alongside third party data. Team members can
also collaborate in real time, adding comments, sharing insights with colleagues
globally through instant messaging and chat-rooms.
Datastream Professional can be accessed via its secure, web-based solution,
iPad, mobile devices or within Microsoft Office.
Notes to Editors
* Datastream: The industry's largest and most trusted set of macro-time series
data. Containing up to 50 years of history on many series, over 3.5 million
global financial instruments and indicators, more than 10,000 different
fields, and more than 75,000 active (and 30,000 inactive) securities.
Together they cover 175 countries in 60 global markets totaling over 140
million time series.
* Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S estimates are the most widely-attributed global
source of estimates data, relied on by 75% of Fortune 500 companies with
forecast data collected from over 600 active brokers around the world.
* StarMine Analytics delivers alpha-generating intelligence unavailable
elsewhere. This actionable information, fully integrated into Datastream
Professional, alerts professionals to critical developments before they
impact portfolio performance.
* First Call Research has a database with over 60,000 companies and over 10
million reports. With 3,000 new reports added every day. Nobody else has
this depth and breadth of content.
* ASSET 4 database provides objective, comparable and latest company-reported
environmental, social responsibility and governance information, built on
over 900+ individual data points with full transparency on original data
sources.
* StreetEvents is a one-stop application for accessing events, transcripts,
briefs, SEC filings, and company guidance.
* Reuters is the largest international new agency with more journalists, more
bureaus, and in more languages covered. Simply put, we provide the broadest
and deepest economic, business and financial coverage out there.
* Fathom Consulting is an independent, global economic and financial market
consultancy. For more information, visitwww.fathom-consulting.com.
About Thomson Reuters
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businesses and professionals. We combine industry expertise with innovative
technology to deliver critical information to leading decision makers in the
financial, legal, tax and accounting, healthcare and science and media markets,
powered by the world's most trusted news organization. With headquarters in New
York and major operations in London and Eagan, Minnesota, Thomson Reuters
employs more than 55,000 people and operates in over 100 countries. For more
information, go towww.thomsonreuters.com.
CONTACT
Clare Arber
Thomson Reuters
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7542 6256
clare.arber@thomsonreuters.com
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