The Wharton School and Thomson Reuters Deliver Thomson Reuters DealScan LPC Data on WRDS

PHILADELPHIA--(Business Wire)--
Underscoring the growing need for loan and bond transaction data, The Wharton
School of the University of Pennsylvania and Thomson Reuters announced today
that Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) will now include WRDS-Thomson Reuters
DealScan LPC on its platform.

"DealScan is a key source of information for academic research on a wide variety
of topics ranging from asset pricing to corporate finance," said Michael R.
Roberts, Associate Professor of Finance, The Wharton School. "DealScan`s
combination of coverage and quality permits researchers to address questions
that were previously prohibitively difficult, if not impossible, to answer."

"We are so pleased to have the opportunity to add Thomson Reuters DealScan LPC
data to WRDS, further solidifying the relationship between our two
organizations," said Robert Zarazowski, Director of WRDS. "With this new data
addition, the WRDS service continues as the locus for quantitative data research
recognized by the academic and financial research community around the world as
the leading business intelligence tool."

The new database provides access to Thomson Reuters DealScan LPC`s detailed
terms and conditions on over 220,000 loan and bond transactions from around the
globe. WRDS users may conduct searches across 200 categories including deal
information, borrower information, and market segments. The WRDS-Thomson Reuters
DealScan LPC data is the pre-eminent source for extensive and reliable loan
information.

Wharton Research Data Services is the leading comprehensive, web-based, data
management system used by over 275 of the world`s top business schools and
government institutions, including Harvard University and London Business
School. The data, licensed to the Wharton School, provides the user with one
location for research covering a wide range of databases across multiple
disciplines including Accounting, Economics, and Marketing.

About the Wharton School

The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania - founded in 1881 as the
first collegiate business school - is recognized globally for intellectual
leadership and ongoing innovation across every major discipline of business
education. The most comprehensive source of business knowledge in the world,
Wharton bridges research and practice through its broad engagement with the
global business community. The School has more than 4,900 undergraduate, MBA,
executive MBA, and doctoral students; more than 9,000 annual participants in
executive education programs; and an alumni network of 85,000 graduates.

http://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu

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Robin Nussbaum Gold, WRDS
wrds@wharton.upenn.edu
215.898.9065
or
Dennis Weiner, Thomson Reuters
dennis.weiner@thomsonreuters.com
646.223.4075

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