IDC Interactive Data Corp.

FT Interactive Data Europe, part of Interactive Data (NYSE:IDC), a leading supplier of financial information and analytical software to global markets, and international data management solutions provider, AIM Software, today announced that they have entered into a collaboration to provide information from FT Interactive Data via the GAIN data management platform. FT Interactive Data is providing global pricing, including evaluations, dividend, corporate action and descriptive information via AIM Software's proven data management platform GAIN, which offers a wide range of functions for the automatic processing of financial market data. GAIN is a platform for managing the full lifecycle of data capture, cleansing, consolidation, enrichment and storage of reference, price and corporate actions data, enabling institutions to build a 'golden copy'. Graham Parry, manager of FT Interactive Data's European Business Development Group, said: "We have been working with AIM Software for several years now and are delighted to announce the extended mapping of our data via GAIN. This collaboration provides an opportunity to offer a powerful product, facilitating access to FT Interactive Data's wide range of content through AIM Software's data management platform. It is an excellent example of how FT Interactive Data works with software vendors for the benefit of customers." "The depth of FT Interactive Data's offering, in combination with the scalable data management platform GAIN, enables firms to comprehensively manage pricing, reference and corporate actions data," states Josef Sommeregger, Head of Business Development at AIM Software. "This new offering combines the expertise and know-how of both firms, and will help financial institutions to cut costs by increasing the reliability and the efficiency of their data processing." About Interactive Data Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE:IDC) is a leading global provider of securities pricing, financial information and analytic tools to institutional and individual investors. The company supplies time-sensitive pricing (including evaluated pricing), dividend, corporate action and descriptive information for more than 3.5 million securities traded around the world, including hard-to-value instruments. Many of the world's best-known financial service and software companies subscribe to the company's services in support of their trading, analysis, portfolio management and valuation activities. For further information please see: http://www.interactivedata.com About AIM Software Founded in 1998, AIM Software is one of the leading providers of reference data and risk management solutions for financial markets with offices in Switzerland, the USA and Hong Kong. AIM Software operates on an international scope and services the major financial centres based on its worldwide service and support partner network. Supported by the company's expertise in the areas of reference data, risk management and financial instrument pricing, the creation of leading edge software in these areas is the cornerstone of AIM Software's business. For further information please see: http://www.aim-sw.com