Interactive Data Integrates Microsoft® Excel® into its FutureSource® Service

NEW YORK - July 17, 2015 - PRLog -- Interactive Data (http://www.interactivedata.com/), a leading provider of trusted information and data to the global commodities and energy industry, today announced the addition of a feature-rich Excel Add-in to its FutureSource delivery options. The new service presents real-time and historical data in an intuitive, flexible and powerful interface for commodities and energy professionals.

The FutureSource Excel Add-in was designed specifically for the needs of the commodities and energy industry to enable users to create robust worksheets that can be used to increase productivity and minimize risk. It offers advanced and flexible options in a workflow for advanced time series and forward curve analytics, while also benefiting those involved in day-to-day data tracking and ad-hoc analysis. The service targets the market’s need for an efficient solution to extract and analyze the increasingly complex and expanding supply of market and fundamental data.

"The FutureSource Excel Add-in enables our clients to mine data and transform it into real knowledge, understand potential risks and rewards, and form actionable decisions.The ability to efficiently manipulate data directly in Excel is critical as investors seek to optimize their assets, enhance sales and better hedge risk," says Kyle Ford, President, Desktops at Interactive Data. "Our framework is designed to allow users of all types, from traders to analysts to accountants, an easy way to consume data, improve workflows, enhance performance and reduce costs."

The FutureSource Excel Add-in utilizes an exceptionally intuitive framework in an efficient, responsive and integrated tool. It is compatible with Interactive Data's premier FutureSource C&E terminal product allowing clients to easily migrate to it.

About Interactive Data

Interactive Data is a trusted leader in financial information. Thousands of financial institutions and active traders, as well as hundreds of software and service providers, subscribe to our fixed income evaluations, reference data, real-time market data, trading infrastructure services, fixed income analytics, desktop solutions and web-based solutions. Interactive Data's offerings support clients around the world with mission-critical functions, including portfolio valuation, regulatory compliance, risk management, electronic trading and wealth management.

For more information about Interactive Data please visit: www.interactivedata.com.

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