RiskMetrics Group is a leading provider of risk management and corporate governance products and services to participants in the global financial markets. By bringing transparency, expertise and access to the financial markets, RiskMetrics Group helps investors better understand and manage the risks associated with their financial holdings. Our solutions address a broad spectrum of risk across our clients' financial assets. Headquartered in New York with 19 global offices, RiskMetrics Group serves some of the most prestigious institutions and corporations worldwide. For more information, please visit: www.riskmetrics.com.

Risk Management

Our financial Risk Management software and solutions provide clients a transparent view of the risk in their portfolios, across multiple asset classes. Our solutions allow clients to optimize the use of their capital, perform risk and return analysis, evaluate securities and meet regulatory requirements. We deliver our products and services from a common technology and data infrastructure, allowing all of our clients to benefit from advances in our research, products and services.

Governance Services

Through an extensive choice of research and proxy advisory services, an end-to-end proxy voting platform and leading compliance and risk management products, RiskMetrics Group provides solutions that enhance the interaction between shareholders and companies, in order to help shareholders manage risk and drive value. Used by thousands of financial institutions worldwide, our proxy advisory and voting services help institutional investors meet the challenges they face in today's highly complex and global proxy voting environment.

RiskMetrics Group acquired ISS (Institutional Shareholder Services) in January 2007.

Financial Research

RiskMetrics Group provides a range of specialized and differentiated research and analytical tools to help our clients analyze a broad spectrum of risk. Our specialty risk research areas include: accounting, governance, environment, social, legal and regulatory. Our quantitative and qualitative research covers over 20,000 public companies and is accessible through multiple web-based services for screening, modeling, benchmarking and analysis.

RiskMetrics Group acquired CFRA (Center for Financial Research & Analysis) in July 2007.

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