S&P upgrades Securities DataManager with EDI Fixed Income Data

Standard & Poor's releases enhanced version of Securities DataManager with EDI Fixed Income Data.

15 April 2009 - Standard & Poor's, a leading provider of financial market intelligence and analysis, announced today a substantial enhancement of its Standard & Poor's Securities DataManager product, providing users with global terms and conditions data on more than 200,000 non-US fixed income securities.

Securities DataManager serves as an integrated fixed income data source that includes more than 2 million US Municipal and US Corporate securities. The service replaces manual entry with an automated process and delivers extensive descriptive data. Securities DataManager provides updated securities' data within 15 minutes of release to address the industry's need for timely reporting of fixed income securities.

Exchange Data International and DPC Data team up to offer comprehensive bond data.

EDI and DPC Data combine their expertise to provide the industry with an extensive coverage of bond reference and corporate actions data.

New York, April 1, 2009 - Exchange Data International (EDI), a well established financial data provider, and DPC Data, a data publishing and business process outsourcing company, announced a joint marketing agreement today. Through this agreement, clients of each company may easily obtain access to the extensive bond reference or corporate actions data provided by the other.

“Teaming with DPC Data allows EDI to enhance its Worldwide Fixed Income service with detailed information on US municipal bonds”, said EDI Fixed Income Manager, David Moore.