EasyScreen will be able to offer connectivity from the initial launch date of the IPE's major contracts - Brent Crude and Gas Oil futures - planned for autumn 2002. This is a significant move forward in the IPE's project to transition its products to a fully electronic trading environment.
Phillip Docker, Chairman of EasyScreen, said, "We see the IPE as important for a number of reasons, not least because this is the first experience of the conversion of a purely non-financial exchange. Our existing customers and current IPE traders will all benefit from this exciting, new connectivity".
"Independent Software Vendors such as EasyScreen are vitally important for the success of our transition to electronic trading", said Kevin Alldritt, Head of Third Party Solutions at the IPE. He added, "we are delighted that they have committed to connectivity to the IPE".
