This joint product offering creates a unique combination of world-class technology infrastructure with comprehensive front- to- back office market data.

Reuters has been targeting its market data solutions to hedge funds and their service providers, including prime brokers and fund administrators. By offering its market data within the PALADYNE product suite, Reuters has secured a strategic distribution channel into the hedge fund industry. This relationship provides Reuters with a market data delivery channel that may be custom tailored and priced according to the exact needs of any hedge fund, regardless of size and complexity.

The PALADYNE product suite includes order management, real-time profits and losses and portfolio management, custom reporting, data warehousing and analytics, and client relationship management. By adding Reuters DataScope - including real-time pricing, terms and conditions, and analytical data - into its service offering, Paladyne's solution meets the demanding, real-time operational and decision-support requirements of today's most comprehensive hedge funds.

Caroline O'Shaughnessy, Global Head of Third Party Alliances, Enterprise Information, Reuters, said: "We are delighted to be integrated with Paladyne's premier front-to-back office product suite. This strategic alliance further enhances our Reuters DataScope Real-time Pricing and Reference Data offering targeted to the hedge fund community."

Sameer Shalaby, Chief Executive Officer, Paladyne Systems, said: "The partnership with Reuters adds significant value to our customers and brings us closer to providing a complete ASP infrastructure to the hedge fund industry. By distributing Reuters data as part of our hosted platform, Paladyne clients have immediate access to market data at a lower cost than competitive data providers."

The PALADYNE suite is available either as a fully hosted solution or as an on-site local installation.