Interactive Data Develops New Web Portals for London Capital Group

London, UK – May 14, 2009 – Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC), a leading provider of financial market data, analytics and related solutions, today announced that its Managed Solutions business has developed new research and data portals for London Capital Group, a leading UK-based provider of online trading services for retail and institutional customers.

Interactive Data designed and hosts the web-based research portal and also provides the underlying reference data content covering multiple asset classes. The portal is accessible to around 30,000 of London Capital Group’s retail clients who have access to its spread-betting products in the financial markets.

In addition, Interactive Data designed, developed and now hosts the investor relations portal of London Capital Group’s public website. This section is designed to provide investors with timely market information, access to important company financial information and user-friendly charts. Both portals are hosted on the Market Data Gateway, Interactive Data’s open market data platform.

“We’re very pleased with the new web-based resources that went live recently,” said Simon Denham, CFO of London Capital Group. “The research portal complements our aim to provide a top-quality financial spread-betting service and can help our clients become more informed when they are trading on our platform."

“We are delighted to have worked with London Capital Group on this project,” added Nat Sey, general manager, UK, Interactive Data Managed Solutions. “We’ve successfully built and now maintain a range of portals for London Capital Group, in addition to providing key market data across a variety of asset classes to more than 30,000 retail investors.”

Interactive Data helps its customers optimise business processes and save costs, while creating a unique online experience that attracts, engages, and retains online users.

About Interactive Data Corporation

Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC) is a leading global provider of financial market data, analytics and related solutions to financial institutions, active traders and individual investors. The Company's businesses supply real-time market data, time-sensitive pricing, evaluations and reference data for millions of 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, Press Release analysis, portfolio management and valuation activities. Interactive Data, headquartered in Bedford, Mass., has approximately 2,400 employees in offices located throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Pearson plc (NYSE: PSO; LSE: PSON), an international media company, whose businesses include the Financial Times Group, Pearson Education, and the Penguin Group, is Interactive Data Corporation's majority stockholder.

Interactive Data’s Managed Solutions business is a leading provider and operator of customised financial information systems. The group builds and manages Web-based financial market data portals and terminals for a range of organisations worldwide, from retail and investment banks to asset managers, online brokers, stock exchanges and media portals. By aggregating a broad set of financial data and client-proprietary content and offering visually stunning features such as charts, sophisticated search functions, decision-support tools and analytics, these intuitive applications can help customers optimise their business processes and realise efficiencies. This group is managed as part of the Interactive Data’s Real-Time Services business, which provides a comprehensive suite of offerings that includes PlusFeed^SM, a consolidated, low-latency digital datafeed.

For more information about Interactive Data Corporation and its businesses, please visit www.interactivedata.com.

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