Interactive Data Managed Solutions provides overview of the funds market

Fast, In-Depth Decision Support Tools with IS.Reports Funds 2.0

FRANKFURT, Germany – November 14, 2006 – Interactive Data Managed Solutions, an Interactive Data (NYSE: IDC) business and a leading provider and operator of customised financial information systems, announces the launch of IS.Reports Funds 2.0, a modular web-based service that enables the display, search and analysis of funds. The basic package provides spreadsheets, intelligent search functions, comparisons and fact sheets with graphical elements for up to 80,000 funds registered in Western Europe and the US. The service includes a Risk Return Map for risk and yield analysis of funds, as well as a Quartile Analyser for comprehensive fund comparisons.

The combined product modules can provide a full workflow for funds investment, and can also be individually integrated into a user’s financial information system. IS.Reports Funds 2.0 could be used by retail and private banks to help increase efficiency in sales and advisory workflows, whilst online brokers could use the service to help facilitate the investment process for retail clients. Investment firms could use IS.Reports Funds 2.0 to assist in optimising the marketing of their fund products which may better support their sales partners. IS.Reports Funds can generate ready-to-print brochures in PDF format.

"Funds are the most popular asset class in many retail markets and can offer a suitable strategy for many market scenarios. With the large variety of funds available, we believe that it is important for financial service providers to offer their customers decision support tools," said Stephan Wolf, chairman of the executive board of Interactive Data Managed Solutions AG. "IS.Reports Funds 2.0 is designed to feature appealing visualisation, intuitive navigation and sophisticated presentation of search results."

Modern funds information systems face the challenge of coherently presenting the most important information to users who may have very different background knowledge. Offering a vast amount of data is not always helpful if there are no tools available to compare different key figures and ratings. Target-oriented workflows and innovative search functionality can be necessary to help increase efficiency and success in the investment process.

The product modules of IS.Reports Funds 2.0 can be assembled to create a workflow for advisor-supported or self-directed investment processes. As a first step, retail investors might enter their expectations of future market developments, risk affinity, investment experience and investment objectives. One of the modules, an intelligent search engine, is designed to identify potentially suitable funds and displays the results via a spreadsheet for ease of comparison; also included are recommendations by financial service providers. Thus the investor can benefit from comprehensive decision support. The workflow results in compiled documentation of the process and background information on the selected funds.

IS.Reports Funds 2.0 is based on Market Data Gateway, the market data platform of Interactive Data Managed Solutions, which currently provides funds information from five content providers. The platform integrates market data from approximately 200 international content suppliers and distributes the data in real-time or as delayed in a coherent semantic model. Customer-specific information can also be integrated into the user’s financial information system via this platform.

About Interactive Data Corporation

Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC) is a leading global provider of financial market data, analytics and related services to financial institutions, active traders and individual investors. The Company’s businesses supply time-sensitive pricing, evaluations and reference data for more than 3.5 million securities traded around the world, including hard-to-value instruments. Many of the world's best-known financial service and software companies subscribe to the Company's services in support of their trading, analysis, portfolio management and valuation activities. Through its businesses, FT Interactive Data, ComStock, CMS BondEdge and eSignal, Interactive Data has approximately 2,200 employees in offices located throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia, and is headquartered in Bedford, MA. Pearson plc (NYSE: PSO; LSE: PSON), an international media company, whose businesses include the Financial Times Group, Pearson Education, and the Penguin Group, owns approximately 62 percent of the outstanding common stock of Interactive Data Corporation.

ComStock is a leading provider of real-time global market data to financial institutions, redistributors and online financial portals worldwide. ComStock's suite of services includes PlusFeed, a consolidated, low latency data feed. Also managed as part of the ComStock group is Interactive Data Managed Solutions, a leading provider and operator of customised financial market information systems. For more information about Interactive Data and its businesses, please visit www.interactivedata.com.