Locally-listed ABC Communications (Holdings) (ABC), one of Hong Kongs best established online financial application developers and information service providers, has teamed up with Core Pacific Securities International (CPSI) to offer a complete NetQuote investor solution. Customers of ABC opening trading accounts with CPSI will receive either ABC's NetQuote or Quicksilver service plans for free.
Core Pacific International Securities, part of the Taiwan-based Core Pacific Group, is a full service brokerage offering equity, bond, futures and options trading as well as asset and portfolio management services. Having acquired Japan-based Yamaichi, in 1998, CPSI offers a one-stop shop for clients looking to invest on the bourses of Hong Kong, Japan, Shanghai and Taiwan.
"Combining ABC's NetQuote with our brokerage services gives our investors the best of both worlds; they can receive professional advice and services as our client, and also monitor their investments real-time over the Internet," said Chin Cheng-Sin, Managing Director of Core Pacific in Hong Kong. "This means that they can make quicker investment decisions and consult with us as soon as they see the markets move."
NetQuote is a real-time quote and portfolio tracking service designed specifically for customers interested in using the Internet to monitor the Hong Kong stock market. It features a host of charting and analysis tools bundled with an impressive array of content from leading financial data providers - including The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, The Hong Kong Futures Exchange, Hang Seng Index Services and AFX-Asia Chinese Financial News. Launched at the end of October, NetQuote is already being used by more than 300 investors.
"We are delighted to work together with Core Pacific and step up the level of services that both companies can offer local and international investors interested in the markets of Greater China," said Patricia Yeung, Managing Director of ABC Communications (Holdings) Ltd. "Through Core Pacific's network of twelve offices throughout the SAR, and ABC's own Internet Service Provider ABC Net - we can provide an excellent depth of service to Hong Kong-based investors, combining online and traditional delivery of financial information and advice.
"As we announced a few short weeks ago at the launch, we intend to develop NetQuote into a full Internet-based trading system supported by strategic partnerships such as this one with Core Pacific. Additionally, for those investors who don't necessarily want to use the Internet, we offer Quicksilver - which uses a proprietary handheld wireless device to put information straight into the hands of investors."
Quicksilver was the world's first high-speed, wireless data receiver for financial information services, developed by ABC's in-house application development team in 1997. NetQuote is the latest innovation from ABC Communications which pioneered local radio paging financial data services in the early 80s, and was one of the first-generation providers of quotation services via fixed-line and dial-up connections.
NetQuote is built on the latest Java and Internet technologies, and is fully bilingual - allowing users to toggle between Chinese and English. It is available now at www.abcquote.com, and is free to all users after market trading hours.
Analytical features and tools enable investors to look at stock market trends and holdings at both the macro- and micro- level, and include:
ABC Communications (Holdings) Ltd [HKSE: 30] is a pioneering local developer of information and communications services for the financial services sector. The Group comprises several vertically-integrated businesses, namely ABC Communications for systems integration and technical support; ABC Financial Information Services for development and marketing of quotation services on multiple platforms; and ABC NET an Internet Service Provider. ABC Communications (Holdings) is also a strategic investor in communications ventures and companies in the region, and was a founding investor of SmarTone Telecommunications.
For more details, please contact: info@hkabc.com
