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Esmerk and ISI Emerging Markets Announce Partnership Agreement

London/Helsinki, April 29^th:- ISI Emerging Markets, the leading global provider of electronic information products covering the emerging markets, and Esmerk, a market-leading business information service, have today announced a partnership which will make some of Esmerk's content available to ISI customers.

The partnership provides access to news feeds covering Russia, 15 countries in Central and Eastern Europe and 18 countries in Latin America.  Delivered on a daily basis, the feeds will provide ISI customers with access to concise English-language summaries on key business issues, abstracted from hundreds of local language sources.

ISI Emerging Markets, a subsidiary of Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC, already provides hard-to-get information on over 80 emerging markets through its Emerging Market Information Service (EMIS), with Esmerk's daily feeds to be used to enhance the news content of this and other ISI products.  “This agreement adds considerable strength to our services, and we are delighted to be working with Esmerk, “says James Hammond, Executive Vice President for Marketing at ISI Emerging Markets.

According to Esmerk Group MD, Derek Cox, 'This latest agreement is in line with our strategy to partner with a limited number of major information aggregators.  Our emerging market coverage has always been one of our key strengths and its great to see our content achieving wider distribution through a partnership with the top player in the emerging markets space.'

About Esmerk:-

Esmerk provides tailored global current awareness services to companies worldwide.  Founded in 1975 in Finland, Esmerk now has around 200 employees at its offices in Finland, France, Germany, Malaysia, Russia, Sweden and the UK. The company has over 900 corporate customers in 28 countries and end-users worldwide.  Esmerk is a subsidiary of Helsinki-based Sanoma Corp, one of Europe's largest media groups.

About ISI Emerging Markets:-

ISI Emerging Markets delivers electronic information products by subscription to institutional customers around the world. Through its network of 30 offices in 28 countries, it provides hard-to-get information covering more than 80 emerging markets. Flagship products include CEIC Data, the Emerging Market Information Service (EMIS), the Islamic Finance Information Service (IFIS), IntelliNews, ISI Compliance Edition, and ISI DealWatch. ISI's website is www.securities.com.

For further information, please contact:

James Hammond, EVP of Marketing and Product Development, ISI Emerging Markets.

Tel. + 44 207 779 8320
Email: j h a m m o n d @ s e c u r i t i e s . c o m