Market Map now available on Bloomberg’s App Portal

Sydney, Nov 13, 2012 – (ACN Newswire) – bbAppLabs today announced that its visualization application Market Map is available via the Bloomberg Professional service, as a new feature called the Bloomberg App Portal.

Bloomberg Professional service subscribers globally can instantly access the Bloomberg App Portal at { APPS } where they can search for dozens of applications that help users accomplish specific tasks, such as value and price securities, visualize and analyse data or leverage new charting techniques. Applications can be licensed and operated from within the Bloomberg Professional service environment – without disrupting or interrupting workflow.

bbAppLabs delivers risk analytics and integrated visual trading tools for portfolio managers, professional traders and risk managers.

“Market Map makes it easy to monitor hundreds of equities simultaneously in real time using intuitive visual performance maps,” says bbAppLabs CEO John Miller. “Whether you’re a high-net-worth individual or a portfolio manager managing hundreds of clients, or you’re a bond trader who wants to keep one eye on your personal equity portfolio, you’ll now be able to monitor and visualize hundreds of stocks at any time with ease.

“We are proud to be the leading provider of Bloomberg portal applications in Asia. It puts a literal wealth of information at your fingertips.”

John Miller will personally launch Market Map at the following Bloomberg Events:

5 Nov 12 – Sydney – Financial App Forum by Bloomberg – Australia
14 Nov 12 – London – Financial App Forum by Bloomberg – United Kingdom
16 Nov 12 – Tokyo – Financial App Forum by Bloomberg – Japan
19 Nov 12 – Hong Kong – Financial App Forum by Bloomberg – China
20 Nov 12 – Singapore – Financial App Forum by Bloomberg- Singapore
6 Dec 12 – New York – Financial App Forum by Bloomberg – United States

Market Map is a purpose built Power App for the Bloomberg Application Portal –
Continuously Monitor Market Performance via { APPS MARKETMAP }. Just a few of its features are listed below:

– Visualize over and under performance in real time (intraday, MTD, QTD, YTD)
– Global consensus analysts’ forecasts by available in real time
– Drill down analyses by indices, sectors and stocks
– Integrated Financial Analysis, Relative value analysis, Earnings Analysis, Company News and Analysts forecasts breakdowns
– Information at your finger-tips – navigate with ease from Market Map to key Bloomberg functions
– Built using high performance array based technologies

You can tailor Market Map to meet your specific needs.

– Global Market Reach – select the markets you are interested in from 1000’s of Bloomberg Equity Indices
– Upload your equity portfolio positions to monitor via the Market Map
– Full analysis available in real time including global analyst forecasts for personal portfolios.

This makes Market Map the ideal tool for financial planners to monitor client portfolios visually in real time and benchmark against analysts’ global consensus forecasts assisting with portfolio mix selection and justification to clients.

“We are delighted to be among the first to provide an application via Bloomberg’s App Portal where dozens of software developers are contributing to the ingenuity of the Bloomberg Professional service,” Mr Miller added. “The Bloomberg App Portal enables us to deliver a value-added service to the global financial community as an integrated feature of the Bloomberg Professional service.”

The Bloomberg App Portal gives Bloomberg subscribers instantaneous access to a diverse library of financial tools, provided by Bloomberg and software developers from around the world. Applications are reviewed and selected for the Bloomberg App Portal based on a variety of parameters, chief among them the ability for the application to add value to Bloomberg’s existing feature set and information resources.

For more information about the Bloomberg App Portal please contact Claudio Storelli at cstorelli@bloomberg.net or visit { APPS } on the Bloomberg Professional service.

For more information about Market Map please visit http://www.bbapplabs.com, or contact bloomberg@bbapplabs.com.

About bbAppLabs

bbAppLabs is a special purpose company established to create applications for the Bloomberg Application Portal. We are a niche provider of software and on demand quantitative consulting services to the global financial services industry. The company is focused on delivering risk analytics & integrated visual trading tools for portfolio managers, professional traders and risk managers. Our software is developed by Market Practitioners for Market Practitioners, with all Principals having more than 25 years’ capital market experience. We specialize in integrated software for Bloomberg and can produce bespoke applications for Bloomberg Professional clients under a range of innovative pricing models. We aim to provide best practice customer service and experiences with strong customer feedback loops – we are responsive to customer requests for additional features, products and services. For more information, please visit http://bbapplabs.com.