FTSE/Northfield Models Now Available On FactSet

FTSE Group announces today that the four FTSE/Northfield multi-factor risk models are now available on FactSet [NYSE: FDS], a leading provider of financial and economic information to the global investment community. FTSE Group's agreement with Northfield Information Systems Inc., in October this year, enabled Northfield to produce tuned models linked to a range of FTSE Indices. These have now been made more widely available through FactSet from 11 November 2004.

The models that are now available on FactSet are:

• FTSE/Northfield Global Equity Model, based on FTSE All-World Index

• FTSE/Northfield UK Equity Model, based on FTSE All-Share Index

• FTSE/Northfield European Equity Model, based on FTSEurofirst 300 Index

• FTSE/Northfield China Equity Model, based on FTSE Xinhua A600 Index

Jerry Moskowitz, Managing Director, FTSE Americas said, "As a vendor neutral company, it is important to FTSE Group that we provide clients and analysts with the greatest accessibility to these models through as many distribution channels as possible. FactSet's agreement to carry the new FTSE/Northfield models enables us to continue to achieve this objective."

"The rapid evolution of today's financial markets requires that portfolio managers be able to accurately gauge and understand the risks of their portfolios in real time, and against the context of well accepted benchmark indices. The release of Northfield risk models, tuned specifically to the FTSE benchmark indices and distributed through FactSet, is the first time this critical need is being met in a commercially available system." Dan diBartolomeo, Northfield President stated.