IDC Interactive Data Corp.

FT Interactive Data, an Interactive Data (NYSE: IDC) business and a leading supplier of financial information to global markets, today announced enhancements to its bank loan pricing service that can help clients more efficiently update critical information about the syndicated bank loans in their portfolios. FT Interactive Data�s bank loan pricing service, which provides clients with seamless access to independent valuations of syndicated bank loans, now also automates the delivery of refinancing, termination and substantial amendments to loans, as well as the effective date of the change. Due to the massive volume of loans in the marketplace, estimated to have reached $3.5 trillion in 2005*, it can be challenging for firms to efficiently keep track of these events. The bank loan pricing service uses a web-based user interface to quickly deliver information for a specified universe of loans to clients. Bank loan prices are provided by Markit Group Limited (�Markit�) and drawn from more than 70 dealers in the bank loan market. FT Interactive Data�s bank loan pricing service is available through an add-on to FT Interactive Data�s evaluation services or as a module of its FTSSM online portfolio administration service. �Enhancements such as this demonstrate FT Interactive Data�s commitment to developing offerings that automate processes that have historically been manual, time consuming, and error prone,� said Ray D�Arcy, president of sales, marketing and institutional business development, Interactive Data Corporation. �We believe that providing our clients access to a broad range of information through flexible offerings that seamlessly integrate into their workflow can help maximize efficiency and transform a firm�s use of data into a competitive advantage.� Additional information about the bank loan pricing service is available at: http://www.ftinteractivedata.com/ news_events/press_releases/2006/10/24.shtml. About Interactive Data Corporation Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC) is a leading global provider of financial market data, analytics and related services to financial institutions, active traders and individual investors. The Company�s businesses supply time-sensitive pricing, evaluations and reference data 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. Through its businesses, FT Interactive Data, ComStock, CMS BondEdge and eSignal, Interactive Data has approximately 2,200 employees in offices located throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia, and is headquartered in Bedford, MA. Pearson plc (NYSE: PSO; LSE: PSON), an international media company, whose businesses include the Financial Times Group, Pearson Education, and the Penguin Group, owns approximately 62 percent of the outstanding common stock of Interactive Data Corporation. For more information, please visit www.interactivedata.com. FT Interactive Data provides global securities pricing, evaluations and reference data designed to support financial institutions� and investment funds' pricing activities, securities operations, research and portfolio management. FT Interactive Data collects, edits, maintains and delivers data on more than 3.5 million securities, including daily evaluations for approximately 2.5 million fixed income and international equity issues. FT Interactive Data specializes in �hard-to-value� instruments and �hard-to-get� information from emerging markets. Evaluated pricing is provided in the U.S. through FT Interactive Data Corporation and internationally through Interactive Data (Europe) Ltd. and Interactive Data (Australia) Pty Ltd. For more information, please visit www.ftinteractivedata.com. *Loan volume data from Dealogic, as cited in the September 21, 2006 issue of The Economist.