The Legg Mason app provides investors with regular market updates, links to latest market commentary, fund prices, videos and webcasts. The app is available for Apple iOS, Blackberry and Google Android devices.

Kurtosys has invested to bring together an experienced team of mobile technology experts and fully integrated Kurtosys Mobile within their client communications platform; Kurtosys are firmly at the cutting edge of mobile communications in the financial sector. Smart phone usage grew by 70% in 2010 and considering that 23% of all time spent online is now via a mobile phone, Kurtosys Mobile is a timely development to help asset managers communicate with their customers.

Mike Evans, Head of International Marketing at Legg Mason Global Asset Management commented, "There has been huge growth in smart phone usage over the last year and asset managers need to keep up with this growth. With the launch of the Legg Mason app, we aim to make accessing our content and fund information even easier for our clients, especially those regularly on the move. Today's launch is just the first stage in the development of our app and we will be looking to expand the content in subsequent app updates."

Harry Thompson, CTO at Kurtosys said "Mobile applications and technologies are crucial developments which will reshape our views on the ways in which customers and potential clients receive and consume data. We are already making new communication features available which include; messaging, push notifications, and rss feeds as well as helping to connect intermediaries and their clients through social media platforms like Twitter."