Thomson Reuters Unveils Virtual Global Markets Forum with Key Influencers at Davos
Financial market participants gain real-time access to opinion from leaders in
economic, financial and political affairs via new global chat forum on Thomson
Reuters Messenger; first major live chat events to be held with influential
attendees at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week.
LONDON, NEW YORK, 22 January 2013 - Thomson Reuters today announced the launch
of the world's first 24-hour, global, cross-asset chat community for financial
markets professionals. The Global Markets Forum is accessed through the
Company's flagship messaging system, Thomson Reuters Messenger, which is
available either via the Company's next-generation desktop Thomson Reuters Eikon
or as a standalone service to the financial community.
The Global Markets Forum is an invitation-only community moderated by Reuters
editors that is focused on providing financial markets professionals with
access, via live chat, news, video interviews and commentary, to the opinions of
world-leading thinkers on the macro-economic issues impacting global markets.
The Global Markets Forum also offers customers unique networking opportunities,
allowing participants to establish new connections while seeking peer opinion.
Building on the success of Thomson Reuters specialist chat communities in areas
such as foreign exchange, oil and emerging markets, the Global Markets Forum
aims to be the go-to community for individuals seeking to understand and digest
developments in the global financial markets. A series of major live community
interviews being held during the World Economic Forum will see key members of
the event's delegation joining the forum to discuss important issues of the day
with Thomson Reuters customers. Every week, guests from financial markets,
newsrooms, academia, central banks and government will be invited to answer
members' questions and help to give them a clear view of the global economy and
financial markets.
"Thomson Reuters is focused on helping to connect financial markets
professionals around the world. Now, with the Global Markets Forum, we are
providing an opportunity for those focused on global markets to meet, exchange
ideas and build community - regardless of the desktop they use," said David
Craig, president, Financial & Risk at Thomson Reuters. "At Davos this week,
Thomson Reuters will be providing community members with unrivalled access to
some of the world's key influencers, enabling them to gain insight into areas
such as the global economic recovery, the Eurozone and China. This, along with
access to our leading Reuters journalists, is a unique benefit to our
customers."
Thomson Reuters Messenger is an enterprise-level instant messaging and real-time
collaboration solution specifically designed for the financial markets. It is
open to all financial markets professionals, regardless of the desktop they use,
and has a community of over 190,000. It allows financial professionals around
the world to participate in a focused and authenticated community consisting of
customers, colleagues and business counterparties. Members can exchange market
information, ideas, insights and user-generated content securely, while
benefitting from access to the breaking news and views of Reuters journalists
through specific, editorial-led communities such as the Global Markets Forum.
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