Finet Group Limited (Finet, SEHK: 8317) today announced the addition of Factiva, a Dow Jones and Reuters Company, to Finet's global distribution network, providing Factiva's 1.6 million subscribers worldwide with access to Finet's comprehensive, timely Chinese language financial news.
Under the partnership, Finet offers real-time news reports in the Chinese language about the world's financial markets, as they relate to regional economies. Finet is sought by leading banks, brokerages, research institutions, media and the investment community in the region as a critical source of dynamic, reliable information about the capital markets. Finet's content has also been accessible to global Chinese communities through a network of international distribution platforms, including Bloomberg, Yahoo! and Sina.com.
"The addition of Factiva to our global distribution network reasserts our commitment to broadening the product reach to wider audiences. Factiva brings a worldwide customer base consisting of executives, information professionals, marketers, salespeople, and other professionals, who seek credible information. By feeding our Chinese company, industry, and economic coverage of the Hong Kong, China, Taiwan and international markets into Factiva's multi-lingual services, Finet addresses the needs of Factiva's subscribers to monitor a multitude of fast-paced market environments," said Dr. George Yu, Finet's chairman and CEO.
Dr. Yu continued, "Finet's uncompromising journalistic and editorial standards allow us to be among Factiva's list of authoritative content sources. We look forward to the upcoming launch of our news content through Factiva's services to create a powerful addition to Factiva's unrivalled portfolio of information offerings."