Capital IQ continues to develop
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26th October 2008

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Capital IQ https://www.capitaliq.com/main.asp was one of the earliest companies to provide executive linkage information. Over its early years, it continued to be innovative and its acquisition by Standard & Poor’s has not staunched its development. In recent weeks it has announced the addition of two data sources: from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and Leveraged Commentary & Data (LCD) from Standard & Poor’s. FDIC provides financial data on over 8,000 banks, including income statements, balance sheets and supplemental data. LCD, which covers the leveraged loan market, includes daily news, loan details and a range of analytics. Other enhancements made in the autumn release include: Screening on new items such as credit default swaps Charting developments The availability of FDIC, D&B private company financials, and LCD securities and pricing data through an Excel Plug-In A click-through on research estimates to the source brokerage reports Earnings call transcripts adjacent to corporate events details An increase in the number of news and blog sources Access to SEC http://www.sec.gov and SEDAR http://www.sedar.com filings. The company sees the addition of these data as particularly timely given the current market conditions. Capital IQ serves the information and data needs of the sector hardest hit by the ‘credit crunch’ – investment banks and financial services companies. That it continues to offer product enhancements in these difficult times is a tribute to its commitment to its core client base. At the moment, VIP has no information on how these enhancements will affect the subscription rates.

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