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Emerging Markets Information Service (EMIS) Launches Unique Credit & Risk Scoring in India

April 12, 2012 – ISI Emerging Markets, the leading provider of hard-to-get business information on Emerging Markets, today announces the launch of its EMIS Benchmark-India credit and risk scoring product as a standalone service or as an optional add-on to their global leading Emerging Markets Information Service (EMIS).

EMIS Benchmark-India combines the rich financial data for 19,000+ non-financial companies plus banks and other financial institutions available on Emerging Markets Information Service (EMIS) with unique, proprietary analysis tools, delivering senior credit experts a better way to minimize credit risk.  EMIS Benchmark-India also offers deep company contact information making it a powerful prospecting and marketing tool, enabling sales and marketing teams to identify, target and contact the prospects most likely to increase revenue opportunities.

"The launch of EMIS Benchmark-India comes after the successful launch of EMIS Benchmark-Poland and broadens EMIS ability to meet the growing user demand for sophisticated credit management and prospecting tools in the fastest growing Emerging Markets,” states Gergely Szuchovszky, Global Product Manager – Financial Data, EMIS.

The EMIS Benchmark-India product uses data from the core EMIS service, which includes fundamental data, news and research on publicly listed and private companies in more than 100 emerging markets globally, to allow credit analysts or corporate strategists to analyze individual Indian companies, sets of companies or even whole industries and measure credit risk using Benchmark's proprietary scoring methodology. EMIS Benchmark-India users may also set their own, custom, methodology to measure and score risk.

"EMIS also intend to launch EMIS Benchmark credit and risk scoring solutions in Russia over the coming months, and possibly other markets will follow, based on client demand," continues Mr. Szuchovszky. "This represents another step in our broader plan to build a new, EMIS product, by pulling together our diverse and substantial assets – including listed and private company data from over 100 emerging markets, EMIS Benchmark credit and risk analytics, DealWatch merger and acquisitions news, data and projections, and global market news and research – all delivered via a single platform."

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About Emerging Markets Information Service (EMIS)

EMIS delivers deep, rich company and industry information, alongside the relevant news, research and analytics that allow professionals to make profitable decisions faster.

About ISI Emerging Markets

A subsidiary of Euromoney Institutional Investor, ISI Emerging Markets (www.securities.com) delivers electronic information products by subscription to institutional customers around the world. Through its network of offices worldwide, it provides hard-to-get information covering more than 100 emerging markets. Its flagship product is the Emerging Markets Information Service (EMIS).

Product information on EMIS Benchmark-India may be acquired by emailing code BENCHMARKINDIA2012 to Bannett Fernandes at bfernandes@securities.com, or by calling Bannett on +1 212 610 2957.

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