Curan writes, “Sentieo has signed up 85 finance clients, including hedge funds and investment banks.
“They pay $500 to $1,000 a month — far less than the roughly $21,000 annual cost of a Bloomberg terminal.
“Shah claims Sentieo stands out for fast, detailed equity research results that are easily synced across mobile devices.
“Two titans dominate this market: Bloomberg, which racked up $8.9 billion in financial markets revenue last year, and Thomson Reuters, with $6.5 billion in financial markets revenue, according to consultant Burton-Taylor. But small upstarts see an opportunity for user-friendly services at cut-rate prices.
“‘In a mobile world, people want things faster and more easily,’ says Hamza Khan, 29, head of commodities strategy at ING Bank in Amsterdam and a fan of newcomer trading platform Money.net.”
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