Thomson Reuters | Thomson Reuters Voted “Best Reference Data Provider”

19 Jul 2012

Thomson Reuters Voted “Best Reference Data Provider” and “Best Low-Latency Data Technology Provider” by Waters Rankings 2012

New York – Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced that it has been voted “Best Reference Data Provider” and “Best Low-Latency Data Technology Provider” in Waters Rankings 2012. This is the third consecutive year that Thomson Reuters has won the “Best Low-Latency Data Technology Provider” award.

This announcement was part of the Waters Rankings 2012, a widely respected industry award based on a polling of qualified readers of Incisive Media’s WatersTechnology, a financial IT publication with a circulation of over 10,000.

“Winning the ‘Best Low-Latency Data Technology Provider’ for the third year in a row is a direct endorsement from our customers of our continued commitment to offer the fastest and most scalable low latency data feeds, analytics and platform technologies,” said Ralf Roth, global head of equities, feeds and platform at Thomson Reuters. “With Elektron we have really pushed the envelope - providing not only a true step change in performance, but also helping our customers simplify their low latency infrastructure by offering them a broad set of managed solutions to help them best manage trading costs.”

“We are delighted to have our customers and the industry vote Thomson Reuters the ‘Best Reference Data Provider’ for our DataScope offering,” said Gerry Buggy, global head of Enterprise Content at Thomson Reuters. “Our steadfast commitment to being a trusted partner with a singular focus on serving the data needs of our clients has helped Thomson Reuters earn this coveted title.”

The awards were announced on July 18, 2012 at a black tie ceremony in New York. For more information about the Waters Rankings, go to www.waterstechnology.com.

About Thomson Reuters DataScope
Thomson Reuters DataScope delivers the most comprehensive market and reference data to the global financial and investment management community. As an originator, consolidator and value-add re-distributor of security and financial instrument data with hundreds of sources and partners, the depth of coverage provided by DataScope is unmatched in the industry and its flexibility of deployment fits virtually any enterprise or application data requirement.

About Thomson Reuters Elektron
Thomson Reuters Elektron is a cross-asset trading and data infrastructure that offers global low-latency market access, content and distribution with a fully integrated set of cutting edge trading applications, delivered as a managed service, across co-location and proximity hosting sites in the worlds key financial centers.

About Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters is the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals. We combine industry expertise with innovative technology to deliver critical information to leading decision makers in the financial and risk, legal, tax and accounting, intellectual property 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 approximately 60,000 people and operates in over 100 countries. Thomson Reuters shares are listed on the Toronto and New York Stock Exchanges. For more information, go to thomsonreuters.com.