Thomson Financial and i-Deal – a software vendor to the syndicated equity underwriting markets – have launched i-Deal Equity, an Internet-based book-building application for the equity capital markets. It is distributed via Thomson ONE Banker, the desktop distribution platform owned by Thomson.
The combination of Thomson Financial’s Investment Banking desktop with i-Deal’s equity workflow solution aims to provide equity capital markets professionals with a single source of information and technology, allowing them to scrap multiple systems.
“We are pleased to leverage this best-of-breed technology which accelerates the extension of Thomson ONE into the capital markets workflow,” says Debra Walton, global managing director, Thomson Financial’s Investment Banking and Research group. “The easy integration of i-Deal highlights Thomson ONE’s open framework and reinforces our commitment to establish relationships with industry leading partners to quickly deliver best of breed workflow solutions to market.”
“It was our vision to deliver a single, global, integrated, cost-effective desktop solution and companion services package to ECM professionals,” adds Scott Ganeles, CEO of i-Deal. “The combined resources of Thomson Financial and i-Deal allow users to facilitate every stage of the Equity Capital Markets workflow from origination through final settlement.”