Press Releases

10 June 2008 - New York, SIFMA Technology Management Conference 2008, Booth #1405
Interactive Data Introduces Earlier Delivery Time for Global Reference Data
Timely Availability of Mission Critical Information for Clients Facilitates More Accurate Security Master Files and Seamless Straight-Through-Processing

Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC), a leading provider of financial market data, analytics and related services, today announced that its Pricing and Reference Data business now delivers start-of-day reference data for North American Equities at 1 a.m. ET — seven hours earlier than previously available and in advance of the opening of trading in Europe.

10 June 2008 - New York, SIFMA Technology Management Conference 2008, Booth #1405
Interactive Data Delivers Indicative Valuations for Exchange Traded Notes and Values for Market Indices
Expansion of Innovative Basket Calculation Service Enables Further Growth and Diversification of Exchange Traded Structures

Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC), a leading provider of financial market data, analytics and related services, today announced that it can now deliver indicative intra-day valuations for exchange traded notes (ETNs) and values for market indices.

9 May 2008 - London and Bedford, Mass.
Interactive Data Makes Pricing Data Available Through ValueLink's PriceValidation Service

Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC), a leading provider of financial market data, analytics and related services, today announced that data from its Pricing and Reference Data business will now be available through ValueLink's PriceValidation service.

13 May 2008 - London
Interactive Data Launches Enhanced Class Actions Service in ISO 15022 Format
Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC), a leading provider of financial market data, analytics and related services, today announced that its Pricing and Reference Data business has launched its class actions service mapped to ISO 15022 format.

6 May 2008 - London and Frankfurt/Main
Deutsche Börse to Distribute Interactive Data’s Bond Evaluations

Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC), a leading provider of financial market data, analytics and related services, and Deutsche Börse, one of the world’s leading service providers for the securities industry, today announced that bond evaluations from Interactive Data’s Pricing and Reference Data business will be distributed via Deutsche Börse AG to financial institutions throughout Germany.

1 May 2008 - Bedford, Mass. and London
Interactive Data Wins Best Corporate Actions Data Provider Award
Company Recognized For Its Corporate Actions Data At Inside Market Data/Inside Reference Data Awards 2008

Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC), a leading provider of financial market data, analytics and related services, today announced that its Pricing and Reference Data business has received the ‘Best Corporate Actions Data Provider’ award at the Inside Market Data/Inside Reference Data Awards 2008.

29 April 2008 - New York and London
XSP Offers Interactive Data’s Intra-Day Corporate Actions Data Through Comprehensive Software Platform
Combination of High-Quality Data and Sophisticated Software Tools Designed to Help Clients Effectively Manage and Process Data that Impacts the Financial Markets

Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC), a leading provider of financial market data, analytics and related services, today announced that its intra-day corporate actions data will now be available through XSP’s software platform.

23 April 2008 - New York
Invesco Powershares Utilizes Interactive Data’s Innovative Services to Help Calculate Equity and Fixed-Income ETF Valuations
Information from Interactive Data Designed to Provide Transparency to Market Makers and Investors; Can Enable Further Expansion and Diversification of ETFs

Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC), a leading provider of financial market data, analytics and related services, today announced that Invesco PowerShares is using its Fair Value Information Service and Basket Calculation Service as inputs to the valuation processes for its exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

8 April 2008 - New York and London
Interactive Data Expands Interest Rate Swap Valuation Service
Interactive Data Now Covers Almost 95% of Total Notional Amount of Interest Rate Swaps

Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC), a leading provider of financial market data, analytics and related services, today announced that its Pricing and Reference Data business has expanded the coverage of its interest rate swap valuation service by adding independent valuations of fixed-for-floating interest rate swaps in Australian Dollars and Japanese Yen, in addition to its existing coverage of swaps in British Pounds, Euros, Swiss Francs and U.S. Dollars.

18 March 2008 - Boston
Mutual Funds Against Cancer Names Interactive Data as Foundation Sponsor to Help Raise $4 Million for Cancer Research
Leading Provider of Financial Data and Other Industry Leaders Join the MFAC Team for 2008 and 2009

Mutual Funds Against Cancer (MFAC), one of the leading advocates in the fight against cancer within the mutual fund and financial industry, recently announced Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC) as its Foundation Sponsor for the next two years.

9 January 2008 - New York
Interactive Data Delivers Evaluations for GNMA Serial Notes Backed by Puerto Rico Collateral
First Company to Provide an Evaluation Service for These Securities; Expands Comprehensive Evaluation Coverage Universe

Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC), a leading provider of financial market data, analytics and related services, today announced that its Pricing and Reference Data business has begun providing daily evaluations for Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) Serial Notes backed by 100% Puerto Rico collateral.

3 December 2007 - Lake Success, NY
Broadridge and Interactive Data Expand Relationship to Help Clients Simplify Tax Reporting Processes
Enhanced Offerings Unite Broadridge’s Tax Reporting Expertise with Interactive Data’s Reference Data

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR) and Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC) have announced today the introduction of enhanced services that are designed to help clients more efficiently manage their year-end tax information reporting obligations.

30 October 2007 - London
Interactive Data Announces New EU Transparency Directive Data Service
New data items available to help customers comply with the EU Transparency Directive

Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC), a leading provider of financial market data, analytics and related services, today announced that its Pricing and Reference Data business will offer a new data service to help its customers comply with the disclosure rules which form part of the EU Transparency Directive that came into force in January 2007.

23 October 2007 - Bedford, Mass.
Interactive Data Announces New Intra-Day Corporate Actions Service
New Offering Designed to Help Clients More Effectively Monitor Events that Impact the Financial Markets

Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC), a leading provider of financial market data, analytics and related services, today announced that its Pricing and Reference Data business has introduced a new service that is designed to deliver comprehensive corporate actions information to clients throughout the day.

10 October 2007 - London
Interactive Data Provides International Pricing and Reference Data to FIXCITY
Interactive Data’s global coverage enhances web-based Indications of Interest (IOI) distribution product, ioinet

Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC), a leading provider of financial market data, analytics and related services, today announced that its Pricing and Reference Data business will supply international pricing and reference data to independent electronic trading solutions provider, FIXCITY.

9 October 2007 - Bedford, Mass.
Interactive Data Helps Clients Prepare for FAS 157
Company Develops Informational Resources Designed to Provide Enhanced Transparency into Evaluation Inputs

Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC), a leading provider of financial market data, analytics and related services, today announced that its Pricing and Reference Data business has developed a set of informational resources designed to help clients prepare for the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157 (“FAS 157”).

2 October 2007 - Bedford, Mass.
New Interactive Data Study Reveals that Approximately 91% of International Mutual Funds Currently Employ a Systematic Fair Value Methodology
Nearly Half of These Funds Were Estimated to Employ Fair Valuation Daily

Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC), a leading provider of financial market data, analytics and related services, today announced that independent research from its Pricing and Reference Data business has identified, through statistical analysis, that international mutual funds have used their fair value procedures more frequently over the past few years.

26 September 2007 - New York and London
Interactive Data Introduces New Service That Calculates Intra-Day Valuations for Equity and Fixed Income Exchange Traded Funds
Basket Calculation Service Combines Company's Experience in Producing Fixed Income Evaluations and Expertise in Delivering Real-Time Data

Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC), a leading provider of financial market data, analytics and related services, today announced the Basket Calculation Service, a new web-based offering that is designed to provide clients with the indicative optimized portfolio value (IOPV) for equity and fixed income exchange traded funds (ETFs).

10 September 2007 - New York and London
Growing Number Of Hedge Funds Choose Interactive Data’s High-Quality, Low Latency Datafeed to Power Algorithmic Applications
Interactive Data Now Delivers Low Latency Data to More than 50 Hedge Funds Around the World

Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC), a leading provider of financial market data, analytics, and related services, today announced that its Real-Time Services business has gained greater share in the global hedge fund market, as it now delivers low latency data to more than 50 hedge fund customers in the U.S. and Europe.

24 August 2007 - Bedford, MA
J.R. Rieger Will Not Be Joining Interactive Data

Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC), a leading provider of financial market data, analytics and related services, today announced that James “J.R.” Rieger will not be joining Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data, Inc. as vice president of evaluated services as previously announced earlier this week.  Mr. Rieger has informed the Company that he will be pursuing another opportunity.

22 August 2007 - Bedford, MA
Interactive Data Names J.R. Rieger Vice President of Evaluated Services
Experienced Executive to Focus on Expanding Evaluated Services Offerings

Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC), a leading provider of financial market data, analytics and related services, today announced that James “J.R.” Rieger will join Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data, Inc. as vice president of evaluated services.

8 August 2007 - London
Interactive Data Provides MiFID Data to Wiener Börse
Wide-ranging MiFID-specific reference data supplied to the Wiener Börse for OTC post-trade price reporting facility

Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC), a leading provider of financial market data, analytics and related services, today announced that its Pricing and Reference Data business will supply a wide range of MiFID-specific reference data to Wiener Börse AG, the Austrian securities exchange, for its new MiFID OTC transaction reporting facility (TTR®).

Xenomorph Utilizes Interactive Data's Reference Data for Financial Data Management and Analysis Platform
Integration of Sophisticated Tools and High-Quality Data to Help Customers Make Informed Investment Decisions and Address Regulatory Requirements

Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC), a leading provider of financial market data, analytics and related services, today announced that its Pricing and Reference Data business will deliver reference data to customers utilizing Xenomorph's TimeScape, a powerful cross-asset data management and analysis software platform.

Paladyne Systems Offers Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data within Its Leading Hedge Fund Technology Platform
Integration of World-Class Technology Infrastructure with High-Quality Financial Data Designed to Improve Customers’ Operational Efficiency

Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC), a leading provider of financial market data, analytics and related services, and Paladyne Systems, LLC, a leading solutions provider for the hedge fund industry, today announced that Paladyne will utilize data from Interactive Data’s Pricing and Reference Data business in its front-to-back office hedge fund product suite.

6 June 2007 - Bedford, Mass. and London
Interactive Data Delivers Independent Valuations of Interest Rate Swaps

Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC), a leading provider of financial market data, analytics and related services, today announced that its Pricing and Reference Data business has introduced a service that will automate the delivery of independent valuations of interest rate swaps. 

9 May 2007 - London
Interactive Data Supplies Data for ICAP Securities Lending Platform

Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC), a leading provider of financial market data, analytics and related services, today announced that its Pricing and Reference Data business will supply interdealer broker ICAP with a wide range of pricing and reference data for i-Sec, ICAP’s new electronic trading platform for securities lending.

25 April 2007 - London and Bedford, Mass.
Interactive Data Announces Wide-Ranging MIFID Offerings
Data and services from across Interactive Data to help customers comply with the obligations imposed by MiFID

Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC), a leading provider of financial market data, analytics and related services, today announced that the expertise across its businesses has been brought together to offer a broad, cohesive range of data and services to help customers comply with the obligations that will be imposed by the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID).

19 April 2007 - London
Interactive Data to Offer Significantly Increased Coverage of Euro ABS/MBS
European ABS/MBS coverage to increase to around 3,000 tranches

Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC), a leading provider of financial market data, analytics and related services, today announced that its Pricing and Reference Data business has added new capabilities which will increase coverage of its evaluations for European asset-backed securities (ABS) and mortgage-backed securities (MBS) to approximately 3,000 tranches. 

4 April 2007 - Bedford, Mass.
Interactive Data to Acquire Xcitek Market Data
Transaction will further fortify Interactive Data’s leadership position in reference data services by adding Xcitek’s world-class corporate actions collection, content and delivery capabilities

Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC), a leading provider of financial market data, analytics and related services to financial institutions, active traders and individual investors, today announced it has signed an agreement to acquire the assets comprising the market data division of Xcitek LLC, as well as the market data assets of its affiliate Xcitax LLC, for $25.3 million in cash. 

27 March 2007 - Bedford, Mass.
HedgeSpeed Integrates Interactive Data’s Reference Data into Innovative Software Platform
Combination of High-Quality, Timely Data and Powerful Software Tools Can Help Clients Efficiently Manage Portfolios

Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC), a leading provider of financial market data, analytics, and related services, today announced that its Pricing and Reference Data business has been selected by HedgeSpeed Technology as a main source of financial data for its middle-office liquidity management software platform.

20 March 2007 - Bedford, Mass.
Interactive Data Awarded Patent for Fair Value Pricing of Financial Assets
Patented Business Process Can Help Mitigate Market Arbitrage Opportunities and Enable Fund Companies to Meet Fair Value Requirements

Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC), a leading provider of financial market data, analytics, and related services, today announced that its Pricing and Reference Data business has been granted a patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for the fair value pricing of a financial asset. 

23 January 2007 - Bedford, Mass. and London
FT Interactive Data Expands Bank Loan Pricing Service
Enhancements Designed to Automate Notifications of Certain Corporate Actions for Syndicated Bank Loans

FT Interactive Data, an Interactive Data (NYSE: IDC) business and a leading supplier of financial information to global markets, today announced enhancements to its bank loan pricing service that can help clients more efficiently update critical information about the syndicated bank loans in their portfolios.

1 November 2006 - London

FT Interactive Data Adds Risk and Analytical Data Service to Its Risk Management Offering

FT Interactive Data, an Interactive Data (NYSE: IDC) business and a leading supplier of financial information to global markets, announced today that its enhanced risk and analytical data service via a single source is now available.

24 October 2006 - Bedford, MA and London

FT Interactive Data Delivers Independent Valuations of Bank Loan Prices
New Offering Expands Range of Fixed Income Data to Help Clients Value Portfolios More Effectively

FT Interactive Data, an Interactive Data (NYSE: IDC) business and a leading supplier of financial information to global markets, today announced that it will provide clients with seamless access to independent valuations of syndicated bank loans.

17 October 2006 - London

FT Interactive Data Announces the Launch of Securities Taxation Web

FT Interactive Data, an Interactive Data (NYSE: IDC) business and a leading supplier of financial information to global markets, announced today the launch of Securities Taxation Web, a new internet browser-based version of FT Interactive Data’s Securities Taxation Service.

12 July 2006 - London

Interactive Data and CounterpartyLink Announce Alliance

FT Interactive Data, an Interactive Data business (NYSE: IDC) and a leading supplier of financial information to global markets, announced today that it has formed an alliance with CounterpartyLink, Ltd., a provider of global legal entity data, to further enhance the business entity data service that FT Interactive Data launched in April 2006.

27 June 2006 - London

New eProbate Service from FT Interactive Data

FT Interactive Data, an Interactive Data business (NYSE: IDC) and a leading supplier of financial information to global markets, announced today the launch of its new eProbate service to help clients value UK and international securities for estate administration purposes.

21 June 2006 - New York

FT Interactive Data to Offer Independent Valuations of Credit Default Swap Index Trades

Expands Breadth of Derivatives Data to Help Clients Value Diverse Portfolios

FT Interactive Data, an Interactive Data (NYSE: IDC) business and a leading supplier of financial information to global markets, today announced that it will offer seamless access to independent valuations of credit default swap (CDS) index trades, helping clients value their increasingly diverse derivatives portfolios more effectively.

8 June 2006 - London and Bedford, MA

FT Interactive Data Announces Alliance With TEMENOS

Customers benefit from the automation of file delivery and security universe maintenance, as well as a broader range of data items and asset classes

FT Interactive Data, an Interactive Data business (NYSE: IDC) and a leading supplier of financial information to global markets, and TEMENOS, a leading provider of integrated modular core banking systems, today announced that they have entered into an alliance to provide a wide range of FT Interactive Data’s content via TEMENOS T24™.

21 March 2006 - London
FT Interactive Data Enables Automated Delivery of Independent Valuations of Credit Default Swaps
New Offering Helps Clients Increase Efficiency; Leverages Markit’s Broad Range of Credit Default Swap Data FT Interactive Data, part of Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC) and a leading global supplier of securities pricing, evaluations and data for valuation purposes, today announced a new offering that facilitates the automated delivery of independent valuations of credit default swaps (CDS), helping clients more efficiently value their portfolios of derivatives.