FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

ISI EMERGING MARKETS EXPANDS COVERAGE TO IRAN

 

 

New York, NY, January 01, 2007 – ISI Emerging Markets, a Euromoney Institutional Investor Company, announced coverage of Iran in its flagship Emerging Market Information Service.

ISI Emerging Markets will deliver extensive coverage on Iran from around 40 sources, including local financial, economic, political news, exclusive market research reports, monthly publications by leading local consulting companies, top industry research, macro-economic analysis/ reports and country ratings.

Content in the new Iran product will be provided by prominent local and regional information sources including Fars News Agency, Tehran Times, Mehr News Agency, Iran News and Persian economic newspapers such as Sobh Daily, Jahan Eghtesad and Sarmayeh. Information from distinguished organizations such as Investment Economic and Technical Assistance of Iran, ExportGuarantee fund of Iran, Atieh Associates Law Firm, Karafarin Bank & other major banks are a part of the Iran product. The product also offers monthly market summaries and exclusive in-depth analysis from TSE & ARA Enterprise respectively.

Other international content contributors include the Fitch Ratings, EIG, Euromoney, Euroweek, Steel Business Briefing, IntesaBci, Moody’s Ratings, Tenders and Projects Database, Buddecomm, Thomson Financial, OPEC publications & Finglobe Research.

“Professional electronic information services have generally overlooked Iran. This has presented an obstacle for people monitoring the Iranian market. We ourselves faced the need to secure regulatory clearance before initiating work to our services focusing on Iran. As soon this was confirmed, we got right to work, and we are pleased to unveil the result. ” commented James Hammond, ISI’s Executive Vice President.

“In this product, we have managed an impressive amount of expanded local coverage, which will help in adding a new perspective to this dynamic economy. Despite shortcomings like limited availability of content & bureaucratic obstacles, the coverage is quite significantly substantial and we are working towards making it the most comprehensive & reliable resource of business information for Iran.” stated Melis Ozpinar, Data Manager, Iran & Pakistan, ISI Emerging Markets.

The Iran product is structured in the same easy to navigate format as other country products within ISI’s Emerging Markets Information Service (EMIStm) and is available either as a stand-alone subscription, or as part of an integrated Africa and Middle East package.

About ISI Emerging Markets

ISI Emerging Markets delivers hard-to-get information on over 80 emerging markets through its flagship Emerging Markets Information Service (EMIStm). Available through fifteen different language interfaces, it aggregates and produces unique content including full-text news articles, financial statements, company information, industry analyses, equity quotes, macroeconomic statistics, and market-specific information.

EMIS tm offers companies powerful search capabilities with in-depth, timely and comprehensive coverage, which are derived directly from more than 13,000 local and global publications.

ISI Emerging Markets won the award for “Best Business Information Product” at the fourth annual International Information Industry Awards in November 2006. ISI Emerging Markets has been awarded “Best of the Web” ratings for the past four years by Forbes Magazine, and was named “Forbes Favorite” in 2004. The Company and its services has continuously earned outstanding recognition and product reviews, including "perfect scores" in all categories and a "must have" ranking from Information World Review. It has also merited a first place ranking by the Wall Street Journal Europe and is the winner of the 2003 Best Information Service by Competia.

ISI Emerging Markets (trading as Internet Securities Inc.) is a subsidiary of Euromoney Institutional Investor. Based in New York, it operates European headquarters in London, and supports product development and sales through a network of 25 offices around the globe.

Press contact:
James Hammond, Executive Vice President,
ISI Emerging Markets
Tel. +1 212 610 2954
j h a m m o n d @ s e c u r i t i e s . c o m

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