Product Review of Arachnys: Outputs and Alerts
20th January 2014

Regulators believe ongoing monitoring is an essential feature of effective due diligence. Keeping audit trails and findings, even when they show zero results, should be an integral part of evidence. Chris Porter focuses on the output and alerting options in the fourth part of his review of Arachnys, compliance tool for high risk and emerging markets.

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Product Review of Transactional Track Record (TTR): Introduction, Value & FreePint's View
17th January 2014

Business research expert Perrin Kerravala introduces TTR - Transactional Track Record, a business intelligence service specialising in Spanish- and Portuguese-language market activity. The first part of her review provides an overview and product highlights. She identifies the value experienced by TTR's audience of sales & marketing professionals, financiers & investors, business consultants and legal & accounting specialists. 

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Product Review of EMISPRO: Sources, Content & Coverage
17th January 2014

EMISPRO offers essentially the same data as ISI's Emerging Markets Information Service (EMIS), with the addition of DealWatch. In the second part of his review Andrew Lucas explains why he thinks the content in both services offers perhaps one of the best collections of emerging markets news, company, industry and macroeconomic data.

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Product Review of Arachnys: Search and Output Options
16th January 2014

The search, output and sharing options are under the microscope in the third part of Chris Porter's review of Arachnys, due diligence and emerging markets business data tool. Search is designed to be intuitive and specific for compliance officers, investigators and risk teams who have over 16,000 sources at their fingertips in Arachnys.

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Product Review of Westlaw Practitioner Insights: Executive Summary
16th January 2014

John DiGilio's executive summary of his review of Westlaw Practitioner Insights looks at the product highlights, areas for improvement, the user interface and value offered by this important tool for attorneys and legal researchers. The coverage and sources are also addressed along with customisation and analysis features.

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FreePint Report: Product Review of Westlaw Practitioner Insights
16th January 2014

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Product Review of EMISPRO: Introduction, Value and FreePint's View
15th January 2014

ISI's Emerging Markets Information Service (EMIS) platform has been completely rebuilt and EMISPRO has been launched as the professional version of the product aimed at investment bankers, researchers, credit analysts and business development users. Reviewer Andrew Lucas found that EMISPRO offers an outstanding collection of emerging markets data with impressive and sophisticated analytical features.

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Product Review of Arachnys: Sources, Content & Coverage
14th January 2014

In-depth information on emerging markets and extensive local-language information sources have created a database of over 16,000 sources in compliance & risk tool Arachnys, finds Chris Porter in the second part of his review. Content ranges from news sources and corporate data to government and litigation information, sanctions lists, social media and trade directories. Country libraries for 217 nations are available as well as international sources including the BBC and Bloomberg.

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Product Review of Westlaw Practitioner Insights: Outputs, Pricing, Help & Contact Details
13th January 2014

The final part of John DiGilio's review of Westlaw Practitioner Insights discusses how the introduction of cloud-based folders for outputs and delivery of results offers cost and time savings through ease of access and greater sharing both internally and externally. Customer service, pricing and areas for improvement are also covered along with the company's plans for enhancements to the product which aims to offer information and analysis on legal practice areas from antitrust to health law and intellectual property.

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Product Review of Arachnys: Introduction, Value & FreePint's View
13th January 2014

Business data in emerging markets is the focus of compliance tool Arachnys. In the first part of his review, Chris Porter finds out how it addresses a gap in the market for high quality data on high risk markets. A focused source collection and extensive multilingual capabilities combine to provide a specialist service for Anti-Money Laundering, Know Your Customer, Enhanced Due Diligence and Anti-Bribery and Corruption checks.

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