Morningstar data widens Bell Potter offering
Advice and stockbroking firm, Bell Potter Securities, will broaden its clients' investment opportunities, using real-time global equity market and currencies data from Morningstar.
Bell Potter Securities managing director — retail, Dean Surkitt, announced the firm's decision to use the Morningstar feed as its primary global market data source for adviser and client research, and execution platform.
"The global equity and forex market data widens the investment opportunities we can provide our clients, enabling direct execution on global exchanges," he said.
"We evaluated Morningstar's solution against competitors and found it superior in ease of use, local and global product support, and scalability for our future potential needs.
"We've particularly valued Morningstar's extensive assistance with technical integration and exchange licensing, which has made this implementation seamless and low-cost for us."
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Nicholas O'Donoghue
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