Bangkok--13 Oct--Standard & Poor's
Profiles of over 61,000 plan sponsor organizations available online
Standard & Poor's Money Market Directories, the financial research industry's leading provider of pension fund-related information, today announced the release of its fourth electronic directory—the MMD eDirectory. The
MMD eDirectory profiles 61,000 corporate, union, government and endowment plan sponsor organizations with a total of $7.9 trillion in tax-exempt assets for investment. In addition, it provides the same comprehensive information as its print counterpart—the Money Market Directory of Pension Funds and their Investment Managers.
Subscribers to the MMD eDirectory will have access to a range of plan sponsor information from basic facts such as organization name, address, telephone and fax numbers to affiliations, organization type, and verified name and contact information for 150,000 key executives. The data base includes, total assets, type of plan, plan assets and allocation—by plan; plus, service providers, their location, and hire date.
The MMD eDirectory also provides highly detailed listings of nearly 1,200 investment management firms actively involved in the investment of pension and endowment assets. It also references 288 consultant firms offering general consulting and service provider searches for plan sponsor organizations.
"The development of Money Market Directories' suite of eDirectories underscores Standard & Poor's commitment to providing our customers with the highest quality financial information with the assurance of accuracy and speed", said Thom Lupo, Vice President and General Manager of Standard & Poor's Directory Services. "Whether our customers are involved in investments, sales, marketing, client relations, consulting, or operations, we provide the information they need right on their PC. I'm confident subscribers will find these new electronic directories both comprehensive in content and easy to use".
With electronic access, users can search firms by name or city/state, display individual listings and print out profiles of those organizations of interest to them. They can also look up prospects that appear in a series of Tables and Reports. Hyperlinks enable users to select any organization from any report or table and link back to its profile.
The Money Market Directories' suite of eDirectories also includes the Consultant eDirectory, Registered Investment Advisors eDirectory, and the Tax-Exempt Organizations eDirectory. For more information about these or other Money Market Directories products and services, call 1-800-446-2810.
About Money Market Directories (MMD)
Standard & Poor's Money Market Directories is the investment research industry's leading provider of information on pension fund sponsors and their service providers. Launched in 1970 as the first comprehensive guide to the pension industry, the MMD database provides valuable information about the organizations that sponsor pension funds, including the type of plans, plan assets, asset allocation, their money managers and contact details. In-depth data on investment advisor firms and pension investment consultants is also included in the database, which is updated continually throughout the year. More information is available at www.mmdwebaccess.com .