SNL Financial Now Provides Research Reports From DBRS

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — SNL Financial, the leading sector-focused provider of essential business intelligence to investment banks, money managers and corporations, today announced the immediate availability of fixed-income research reports from DBRS via SNL's online information service.

DBRS joins a full roster of other leading financial institutions whose research is now easily accessible from SNL. "We’re very happy to provide our engaged client base of over 25,000 users with access to expert research from DBRS," says SNL President Mike Chinn. "We believe that SNL provides research contributors like DBRS with the highest concentration of qualified clients, unmatched by more general channels."

"We are pleased by SNL's decision to include DBRS's research on SNL," says DBRS Group Managing Director for Corporates Peter Bethlenfalvy. "SNL's decision is further affirmation of the growing credibility and visibility of the DBRS brand in the market."

For details on SNL access to research, click here: http://www.snl.com/interactivex/info.aspx?Action=about_equity_research_reports.htm

About DBRS

DBRS is a recognized, international rating agency, providing timely and comprehensive rating opinions to the world’s capital markets. Privately owned and independent, DBRS offers in-depth credit analysis of corporate and government issues in North America, Europe, Asia and Latin America. DBRS’s extensive coverage of structured finance and securitization has solidified its standing as a leading provider of comprehensive, in-depth credit analysis.

DBRS is headquartered in Toronto, with offices in New York, Chicago, London, Frankfurt and Paris, and covers entities worldwide. For more information, visit www.dbrs.com.

About SNL Financial

SNL collects, standardizes and disseminates all relevant corporate, financial, market, and M&A data — plus news and analysis — for the Banking, Financial Services, Insurance, Real Estate, Energy and Media & Communications industries. For more information, visit www.SNL.com.