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TOKYO, Feb. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Thomson Reuters today announced that Kabu.com, a Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group company, has strengthened its online securities brokerage business with a wide range of financial information, news and analytical tools from Thomson Reuters. This new agreement provides Thomson Reuters clients with the content and capabilities to ensure its customers will have the most relevant and up-to-date financial information online allowing them to make informed investment decisions.

With Reuters Knowledge Direct for Wealth Management, Kabu.com's customers in Japan will benefit from improved and comprehensive international market data, including quotes and indices, news, fundamentals, estimates (consensus and score), enhanced chart function, multiboard exchange data, as well as Kabu.com's own proprietary trading system, in a highly customized and visualized format.

Reuters Knowledge Direct is enabling Kabu.com to expand service to more than 300,000 retail investors and offer data free of charge to their clients through the Kabu.com website.

Mark Smith, Managing Director, Japan, Thomson Reuters, commented: "By selecting Reuters Knowledge Direct for Wealth Management, Kabu.com has chosen a more sophisticated and customizable solution with much broader coverage of market data and foreign market news. Kabu.com also recognized Thomson Reuters accumulated know-how and expertise in the online securities client and investor arena and our ability to deliver a highly customized and flexible solution with ease."

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The Reuters Knowledge Direct for Wealth Management offers news, quotes, charts, fundamentals, search, portfolio tracking, alerting and analysis on financial markets for integration in financial and non-financial institution portals. Reuters Knowledge Direct is focused on providing information for private and institutional investment portals. It is highly customizable and allows a quick turnaround in creating and enhancing financial providers portals.

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    /CONTACT:  Janice Addams of Thomson Reuters, +1-646-223-6940,
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CO:  Thomson Reuters; Kabu.com; Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group

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