Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Barings Fund Prices iOS App Enables Real Time Tracking

If you are a professional or retail investor with an iPhone or Apple iPad and wish to keep track of Barings’ fund prices well you can now do so whilst on the go with the Barings Fund Prices app for iOS devices that is now available from the App Store.

The Barings Fund Prices iOS app enables the user to customise their display along with filtering funds that are of more concern to them in regards to currency preferences and geographic location, and can pick from Barings range of fixed income, global emerging markets, EMEA, Asia Pacific, multi-asset and European investment funds.

The head of marketing and communications for Barings Asset Management, Ian Pascal says…“While the use of smartphone applications is relatively new for the asset management industry, we’ve discussed the concept with a number of our clients and found that there’s a real demand for financial data at their fingertips. Nearly a third of the traffic to our website is to view fund prices and our new app for the iPhone and iPad will make accessing this data even simpler.”

The Barings Fund Prices app in addition to delivering an overview of funds also enables the user to find out fund charges, minimum investment requirements, and bid and offer prices.

The Barings Fund Prices app can be downloaded to the iPhone or Apple iPad as a free download by hitting up iTunes.