NYSE Euronext : Fidessa Joins NYSE Euronext’s ‘Power Partners’ Program

Benefitting from Enhanced Cooperation and Visibility as a Premier 'Three-Portal' Member

NEW YORK, Jan. 13, 2012 - NYSE Euronext today announced that Fidessa is the latest "three portal" member to join its innovative Power Partners ProgramTM.   The program highlights vendors that partner effectively with NYSE Euronext to better serve mutual customers and consistently provide the highest levels of functionality, responsiveness and unique innovation achieved through the relationship.

Fidessa Group PLC is a provider of high-performance trading, investment management and information solutions for the world's financial community.  Approximately85% of the world's premier financial institutions use Fidessa products and services, including a global trading community of buy-side and sell-side professionals, from global institutions and investment banks to boutique brokers and niche hedge funds.

"The addition of Fidessa as a three-portal Power Partner further strengthens the program and reaffirms our dedication to working with the industry's best companies and vendors to create relationships that truly benefit our customers," said Janna Hodge, Senior Vice President, Relationship Management.

"Attaining this level of recognition from NYSE Euronext is something we are extremely proud of," said Justin Llewellyn-Jones, COO, Fidessa. "Being awarded prestigious status as a "three portal" member of NYSE's Power Partners program demonstrates Fidessa's commitment to providing the highest level of service and the sophisticated products necessary to excel in this global marketplace. We always put our customers first and their business needs drive us to search out partnership opportunities like this one with other world class financial services companies."

Inclusion in the Power Partners Program is based on customers' usage of NYSE Euronext markets and NYSE Technologies data, products and services.  Applicants are evaluated based on criteria specific to their business type.  The program is currently available to U.S. data vendors, broker-dealers, retail broker-dealers, order management systems, execution management systems, broker systems, service bureaus and technologies distributors and resellers.

Power Partner designations range from one to three portals; the more criteria met, the higher the number of portals and the greater the marketing rewards for the Power Partner.  Marketing rewards include varying levels of advertising opportunities, visibility at Trader Forums, public relations, and recognition on NYSE Euronext websites. 

About NYSE Euronext
NYSE Euronext (NYX) is a leading global operator of financial markets and provider of innovative trading technologies. The company's exchanges in Europe and the United States trade equities, futures, options, fixed-income and exchange-traded products. With approximately 8,000 listed issues (excluding European Structured Products), NYSE Euronext's equities markets - the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Euronext, NYSE Amex, NYSE Alternext and NYSE Arca - represent one-third of the world's equities trading, the most liquidity of any global exchange group. NYSE Euronext also operates NYSE Liffe, one of the leading European derivatives businesses and the world's second-largest derivatives business by value of trading. The company offers comprehensive commercial technology, connectivity and market data products and services through NYSE Technologies. NYSE Euronext is in the S&P 500 index, and is the only exchange operator in the Fortune 500. For more information, please visit: http://www.nyx.com.

About Fidessa group
Exceptional trading, investment and information solutions for the world's financial community. New technology, new regulation, new challenges: making money in today's financial markets is all about staying ahead of the curve. Having the capability to spot new trends and act fast turns change into opportunity. That's why 85% of the world's premier financial institutions trust Fidessa to provide them with their multi-asset trading and investment infrastructure, their market data and analysis, and their decision making and workflow technology. It's also why $10 trillion worth of transactions flow across our global network each year. Because we're the market leader, we can also offer unique access to the world's largest and most valuable trading community of buy-side and sell-side professionals, from global institutions and investment banks to boutique brokers and niche hedge funds.

Fidessa is a global business with scale, resilience, ambition and expertise. We've delivered around 30% compound growth since our stock market listing in 1997 and we're recognized as the thought leader in our space. We set the benchmark with our unrivalled set of mission-critical products and services and, uniquely, serve both the buy-side and sell-side communities. Ongoing investment in our leading-edge, integrated solutions ensures Fidessa remains the industry's number one choice. fidessa.com

For further information, please contact:

Eric Ryan
NYSE Euronext
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Dorothy Friedman
Fidessa
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Steph Johnson
Aspectus PR (PR agency for Fidessa)
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