TheBullionDesk Ltd Changes Its Name To FastMarkets Ltd

December 03, 2005 (PRLEAP.COM) Business News
TheBullionDesk Limited, providers of rapid news,
commentary and data for the world’s metal markets, announces a change in the company
name to FastMarkets Ltd with immediate effect.

TheBullionDesk Limited currently operates two specialist websites: TheBullionDesk.com and
BaseMetals.com which provide fast, reliable and comprehensive sources of real-time market
information to their respective market sectors. The Company has a successful track record in
operating busy financial websites using state-of-the-art technology to stream real-time
market data, to provide rapid market commentary from its in-house editorial team and
giving access to exclusive in-depth market analysis from leading trading institutions.
We are changing the company name to reflect the growth of the business from the original
website TheBullionDesk.com into other commodity markets. The URLs of the respective
websites remain unaltered.

Commenting on the name change Joint Managing Director and co-founder Dominic Hall said:
“our new name communicates the essence of our business as a provider of real time expert
information products and services to commodity niche segments".
Co-founder and Joint Managing Director Ross Norman added: "The new name gives us the
scope to launch new, highly active financial websites with the same rapid delivery model as
our original one, TheBullionDesk.com. The new name also reflects the speed with which our
two current websites respond to market conditions – be it market news, data or research.”

About FastMarkets Ltd
FastMarkets Ltd is a privately owned company originally formed by three metals traders in
October 1999 with the initial aim of being the “definitive online resource for live precious
metals information and services”.

It is now the world’s largest single online repository of metals market news, real-time spot and
futures market prices, state-of-the-art charting tools and research, both from the leading
bullion banks - plus in-house market analysis created by its own researchers.

In 2005 the company launched a second website, BaseMetals.com and it is currently
embarking upon some further ambitious growth plans. FastMarkets Ltd also provides risk
management / trade capture software for the commodities and bullion-banking sectors.

FastMarkets Ltd is an Associate Member of the London Bullion Market Association and is
also an authorised data distributor for the London Metal Exchange (LME) and for COMEX in
New York. TheBullionDesk Limited is licensed to carry data from the LSE and NASDAQ on its
websites.