(April 19 – 11:45 ET) – Yorkton Securities Inc. has announced a preferred partnership agreement with Forrester Research, Inc. a provider of research and analysis on the global internet economy.
Under the agreement, Yorkton will incorporate Forrester’s research findings into its internet-focused equity research. Yorkton reports that use Forrester research will be appropriately identified with the Forrester logo.
In addition, Forrester will participate in a series of e-business forums sponsored by Yorkton directed at internet entrepreneurs, traditional business leaders and Internet investors. The first of these forums – “Thriving in the internet economy” – will take place in Toronto on June 6.
“Canada has the technology, infrastructure and skills to catapult ahead in the internet economy. This partnership with Forrester will help us assist Canadian companies take the lead on the internet,” said Scott Paterson, chairman and CEO of Yorkton Securities.
“Internet commerce will hit the Canadian market in 2001. Our forecasts for internet commerce in Canada show it growing ten-fold over the next five years, reaching C$236 billion by 2004,” said Stuart D. Woodring, Forrester’s vice president of research for emerging internet economies.
-IE Staff