NEW YORK, Sept. 1, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced the formation of a strategic alliance with MZCAN, the leading investor relations e-solution provider in Asia, for NASDAQ OMX's GlobeNewswire services. Through this partnership, MZCAN will serve as the first Asia-based reseller of GlobeNewswire, utilizing the comprehensive news distribution service to submit and distribute press releases on behalf of its customer base across Asia.
The partnership presents GlobeNewswire a gateway into MZCAN's network, which boasts clients across Asia. In addition to expanding the global footprint of NASDAQ OMX's GlobeNewswire services to the rapidly growing Asian market, through this relationship GlobeNewswire will become the exclusive newswire sponsor of the IR Global Rankings ( http://www.irglobalrankings.com ) in Asia.
"By partnering GlobeNewswire's news distribution service with MZCAN's service-focused suite of e-solutions, we look forward to bringing public and private companies in the Asian market the tools they need to minimize risk, maximize efficiency and increase transparency," said Demetrios Skalkotos, Senior Vice President, Global Corporate Solutions at NASDAQ OMX. "Paired with MZCAN's market-leading solutions across the communications and investor relations spaces, we are poised to bring our level of operation within this unique market space to new heights."
GlobeNewswire offers a suite of newswire, financial disclosure, multimedia and online communication services.
"Our partnership with MZCAN strengthens our commitment to provide a worldwide news distribution service that helps companies across the globe communicate with media and investors," added Mr. Skalkotos. "Alongside our own Asia-based professionals, we determined that MZCAN would be a powerful partner in broadening the reach of GlobeNewswire and its best-in-breed solutions."
"MZCAN has a strong reputation in Asia as a provider of investor relation services, including corporate IR websites, webcasting solutions, SEC filings, IR-CRM, corporate governance platform and IR content development," said Rodolfo Zabisky, Chairman of MZ Group. "We welcome this strategic alliance with NASDAQ OMX's industry-leading services as MZCAN continues to focus on providing IR and corporate communications technology in Asia."
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About MZCAN
Founded in 2003, MZCAN (formerly known as Corporate Asia Network - CAN) is part of the MZ Group and the leading investor relations (IR) and corporate communications e-solution provider in Asia, revolutionizing the way corporations communicate with the investment community, the media and the public by leveraging the power of information technology. MZCAN's enhanced technology products and services include online IR and corporate communications strategy, multilingual corporate IR website design & hosting, integrated IR management system, earnings audio & video webcasts, earnings conference calls, online annual reports, global content distribution, IR-CRM system, SEC Edgar filings, XBRL document conversion, corporate governance platform, investor perception tools, direct-to-retail electronic campaigns, online surveys & forms, newswire & online media report, etc. For more information about MZCAN, visit http://www.mzcan.com.
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