Thomson Reuters launches next generation Islamic Finance Gateway
(Thomson Reuters ONE) - Trusted 'trading-ready' intelligent information, global connectivity and transaction capability for Islamic Finance 2.0Dubai and Abu Dhabi, 16, February, 2010 - Thomson Reuters today announced thatit has launched its next generation Islamic Finance Gateway to guide theemerging industry to the next stage of growth and development.Rushdi Siddiqui, Global Head of Islamic Finance, Thomson Reuters, said; "Despiteits image as an emerging industry, Islamic finance has now grown to be wortharound US$1trillion and the Thomson Reuters Islamic Finance Gateway truly opensup this world of possibilities and opportunities for financial marketparticipants and professionals. The conventional, western finance industry isaccustomed to clean, crisp, robust information, real-time news, connectivity tocommunities and the ability to act and transact with trusted counterparties. Byproviding these 'must have' features the Thomson Reuters Islamic Finance Gatewaydemonstrates the industry's true breadth and makes the transition for all toIslamic Finance a seamless one."The Thomson Reuters Islamic Finance Gateway is a global, neutral platform anddirectory consisting of details for and links to Islamic finance professionals,rating agencies, industry standards bodies, Islamic finance hubs, indexproviders, consulting firms, 400 Shariah scholars and Islamic subsidiaries fromover 25 countries. Reuters Messaging is embedded within the Gateway to fostercommunication and create the connections required to build and grow communities.Available on itsflagship Thomson Reuters 3000 Xtra desktop, The Thomson ReutersIslamic Finance Gateway improves transparency through lower information searchcosts and provides greater global connectivity and insight into the industry'sopportunities.By bringing together neutral, intelligent, Islamic, 'trading-ready' financeinformation and analytics on a common platform, the Thomson Reuters IslamicFinance Gateway addresses the complete Islamic Finance work-flow.Market professionals will now be able to access comprehensive, trustedmulti-asset class information on a wide range of Islamic finance instrumentssuch as Sukuks, Islamic leveraged loans, funds, Islamic money market, Takafoland currencies; alongside embedded real-time news stories from Reuters, andcorrelation analytics for Islamic versus western conventional market views.TheGateway will also include news of related industries to Islamic finance, likethe $641 billion Halal food sector.The rich data and breaking news is complimented by a global rolling tickertapeof Islamic and conventional indexes, multi-currency real time inter-bankconventional versus Islamic inter-bank rates, an information fund supermarket[1]and click-through links to Gateways for the; Organisation of Islamic Conference(OIC), Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Association of South East Asian Nations(ASEAN) and G-20 countries.A unique heat map of Shariah-compliant and Shariah-based companies developed byIdealRatings, creates a diverse universe of publicly listed companies. TheShariah-compliant companies are screened according to global index providers'methodologies, plus Accounting and Auditing Organisation for Islamic FinancialInstitutions (AAOIFI) and Malaysia's Securities Commission. TheShariah-compliant companies are screened by various economic sectors andregions. They are complimented by more than 100 publicly listed Shariah-basedcompanies in regions and countries like GCC, Turkey, Pakistan, Malaysia and theUK.The global Islamic finance community can take the Thomson Reuters'trading-ready' information one step further, by turning ideas into action.Publicly listed Shariah-based and screened companies and Islamic or commodityETFs can be traded over the Thomson Reuters Trading for Exchanges (TRTex)platform, which has been integrated within the Gateway.Basil Moftah, Managing Director, Middle East and Africa, Thomson Reuters, said,"Islamic finance is an important part of our Middle East growth strategy, andthe Thomson Reuters Islamic Finance Gateway will not only address the Islamicbanking industry's needs, but will also enhance our ties to the greater MENAregion."Following the launch in the GCC, the Thomson Reuters Islamic Finance Gatewaywill be introduced to the market in Asia, via a launch in Kuala Lumpur onFebruary 22.Please visit the following link to seeRushdi Siddiqui, Global Head of IslamicFinance, Thomson Reuters, talk through some of the main features of the ThomsonReuters Islamic Finance Gateway:http://www.thomson-webcast.net/uk/dispatching/?event_id=89d20cad62c1c09722b523b670ad3076&portal_id=73a72477685a98f6f3ea40850e410435
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