RNS Number:9741T
Market Age PLC
07 January 2004

The Market Age plc ("The Group")

Re: Contract



Pronet Analytics.com announces introducing broker agreement with Forex Capital
Markets LLC



Pronet Analytics.com Limited ("PAL"), an operating subsidiary of The Market Age
plc, and Forex Capital Markets LLC ("FXCM"), today announced an agreement to
provide their services to each other's clients.



With monthly FX trading volumes exceeding $25bn, FXCM is one of the world's
leading firms in servicing the retail FX market.  Under the agreement, PAL will
provide either its top-rated research service directly to clients, or will
provide trading instructions to FXCM to be applied to FXCM's customer accounts.



PAL will be remunerated by way of a transaction fee, and PAL will provide access
to FXCM via its website.  Commenting on the agreement, Group CEO Shane Smith
said "This is a new initiative for us and is clearly unproven.  However if
FXCM's client's take to the idea, given the monthly value of transactions that
FXCM process it is clear that even a small charge per transaction can yield
substantial return, and we are pleased to be working with FXCM on this venture".



FXCM Chief Marketing Officer, Marc Prosser:  "The relationship between FXCM and
PAL enables traders to take advantage of PAL research  without having to
personally execute trades. Unless you were a full-time trader, a trader would
not be able to fully take advantage of the vast majority of PAL's information
flow and trading opportunities. Because of this unique arrangement, traders can
now have FXCM automatically handle the execution of PAL signals.  We are pleased
to be able to offer this highly regarded source of trading intelligence to our
clients. "



For further information please contact:


Shane Smith       s.smith@pronetanalytics.com               07785 276 703
(Note if contacting, GMT +8hrs from Jan 8 2004)



Notes to editors:

The Market Age acquired Pronet Analytics.com Limited ("PAL") and was admitted to
the Alternative Investment Market in 2000.  PAL is a financial application
service provider ("ASP") which delivers proprietary content for visual and
intuitive analysis of global, liquid markets for the professional/institutional
market.  The Pronet Service provides a simple framework to compare and evaluate
spot FX as well as interest rate and other exchange-traded derivatives. Since
gaining FSA-regulated status and SEC Registration in April 2001, PAL has
extended its service offering to Investment Advice, analysis and strategies to
the hedge fund, corporate and retail markets, in addition to its core
professional/institutional market.  The firm has been ranked in the global
top-five independent firms for FX research in 2001, 2002 and 2003.  In January
2004 The Market Age announced a change of name to Independent Investment
Research plc, in preparation for coverage of a wider market including US
equities.




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