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Ladies and gentlemen,

Investment advisors need to be well-connected and must be able to put the information relevant to investment decisions in the right context. Consequently, we have enriched our portfolio reporting and PrimeTerminal solutions with new functionalities designed to make it even easier to filter and evaluate a wide range of data sources.

The pending acquisition of Interactive Data by Silver Lake and Warburg Pincus opens up interesting development opportunities for us. Business will proceed as usual - the same trusted contact partners continue to be at your side as before, with our future goal to strive to further consolidate our position as a leading provider of financial services.

Sincerely,
Carsten Dirks
Managing Director
Interactive Data Managed Solutions AG

Issue 2 / 2010

New PrimeTerminal Version boosts Usability

New Features designed for efficient Portfolio Management

Trading Platform for Private Investors at Eurobank EFG

Interactive Data acquired by Silver Lake und Warburg Pincus

Interactive Data wins several Industry Awards

PlusFeed now available via Interactive Data 7ticks Network

Products: New PrimeTerminal Version boosts Usability

The new PrimeTerminal 2.7 release offers numerous user-focused additions designed to make configuring the interface even easier than before.

Many user suggestions were implemented, with the intent to help further boost PrimeTerminal’s performance and efficiency. Several new menus and preset functions provide even more convenience and flexibility in setting up user-defined views and lists.

The new transaction view is a key addition to the terminal’s portfolio functionalities. Investment advisors and wealth managers can use this function to filter all transactions – within a portfolio or individually – by position, security type, and date, and thus further optimise their consulting processes.

PrimeTerminal’s content range now also includes new exchange data and fund histories supplied by Morningstar^TM. The Times & Sales overview now displays OMX broker codes, as well as real-time data from PLUS Markets and the Oslo Stock Exchange that can be visualised as Full Order Book.

The service package for the new version also includes an entitlement overview designed to show users which content and functionalities they have access to.

Investment advisors and wealth managers can use the transaction view to filter all transactions – within a portfolio or individually – by position, security type, and date.

Products: New Features designed for efficient Portfolio Management

New features have been added to Interactive Data’s portfolio solutions, designed to further streamline the management of virtual investment portfolios.

For example, a portfolio can now be compared with an investment fund’s key figure profile. New scenario analyses and shock simulations are designed to allow the effects of stock index fluctuations on portfolio values to be simulated. To ease the management of virtual portfolios and obtain a realistic picture of their performance, various corporate actions such as splits, dividends, interest payments and distributions can now be processed automatically. Additional interactive elements, such as ratings and commentaries, help to place this information in relevant context, with the intent of further improving data quality.

These enhancements are designed to help meet the demands from investment consultants and their clients regarding portfolio solutions in the Wealth Management segment. An additional stripped-down item-based “lite” version of the portfolio solution is designed to facilitate the rapid and convenient generation of single portfolio statements and watch lists without having to invoke the complex transaction-based extended portfolio application.

interactive elements, such as ratings and commentaries, help to place information in a relevant context, with the intent of further improving data quality.

Solutions: Trading Platform for Private Investors at Eurobank EFG

Interactive Data has expanded the functionality of Greece-based Eurobank EFG Securities’ trading platform for active private investors. “Trader's Eye,” a customised version of Prime Terminal Private Investor, designed to facilitate the online management of investments, provide an overview of the global financial markets, and forward orders directly to the trading platform.

Trader’s Eye has been integrated into the Eurobank Trader trading platform and supplies real-time prices and charts for both Greek and international securities, while offering performance monitoring. Orders can be forwarded directly to the bank’s trading system, in order to execute transactions at 30 international exchange venues, including NYSE, NASDAQ, and Euronext.

User-defined watchlists and automatic updates are designed to enable efficient management of dynamic portfolios. Users can monitor key markets and sectors in pre-configured screens, or create and store personalised overviews of their investments, preferred stocks, and indices in dynamic diagrams. Historical charts and transaction data, as well as a number of technical analytics tools, are designed to help facilitate account management.

Historical charts and transaction data, as well as a number of technical analytics tools, are designed to help facilitate account management.

	Corporation: Interactive Data acquired by Silver Lake und Warburg Pincus
	Interactive Data has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by investment funds managed by Silver Lake and Warburg Pincus in a transaction with a total value of USD 3.4 billion. Silver Lake and Warburg Pincus are two of the world’s largest private equity companies. “Interactive Data is an innovative leader in the information services industry, and our investment is a compelling addition to Silver Lake's portfolio of premier technology-enabled companies,” states Mike Bingle, Managing Director at Silver Lake, commenting on the transaction. "Interactive Data and the services it provides are essential to enhancing efficiency and transparency in the flow of global financial data." Interactive Data has plans designed to further enhance and diversify its offerings in order to continue to provide customers with high-quality service and custom tailored solutions. Click here for the press release.

	Awards: Interactive Data wins several Industry Awards
		Over the past month, Interactive Data has been singled out for a number of industry awards. On May 6, 2010, in London as part of the Systems in the City Awards 2010 the company won awards for the “Best Data Feed Provider” and the “Best Corporate Actions and Master Data Provider” for the second year in a row.
	Three other honors were awarded at the annual awards ceremony on May 26, 2010 in New York by finance industry publications Inside Market Data and Inside Reference Data: “Best Provider of Pricing Data” (in a repeat of 2009), "Best Master Data Provider" and “Best Master Data Initiatives” for the Business Entity service, which provides aggregated corporate information.

	Content: PlusFeed now available via Interactive Data 7ticks Network
	PlusFeed^SM, Interactive Data’s low-latency, consolidated global datafeed, is now available on the Interactive Data 7ticks network. Interactive Data 7ticks is a global provider of managed ultra-low latency services designed to help facilitate electronic trading. The availability of PlusFeed via Interactive Data’s network provides clients with two new options for accessing low-latency global market data. Interactive Data has data centers located in key global financial markets, which can enable clients to co-locate their trading applications at these data centers, while accessing PlusFeed through simple and inexpensive cross-connections. Clients can also control costs by accessing PlusFeed from their own location via a leased line or virtual private network (VPN) connection to Interactive Data’s closest data center. PlusFeed is available from 8 data centers located in key financial markets, including metropolitan New York, and Chicago.