May 7, 2008
Since 1999 the online source of primary and secondary municipal bond disclosures, now includes enhanced interface, data and functionality
Fort Lee NJ (USA) – May 7, 2008 –DPC DATA, the leading publisher of municipal securities reference data and disclosure documents, today announced the newly designed MuniFILINGS® online document store, the only comprehensive source of primary and secondary municipal bond disclosure documents available to the general public on the Web since 1999. The launch coincides with the news that DPC DATA’s municipal document archive recently surpassed one million documents.
The new MuniFILINGS.com site offers a greater ease of use, as well as new data and functionality for the thousands of industry professionals and individual investors who purchase disclosure documents from DPC DATA annually. New features include the following:
A more intuitive design for experienced and new users
Faster access to the latest filings
More content and improved descriptions in the search results pages
Integration of Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) trade data
Saved searches and e-mail alert services by CUSIP, issuer or obligor
Streamlined check-out process
MuniFILINGS
® serves the needs of the municipal bond market with validated and standardized PDFs of the disclosure filings, indexed across more than 70 key data points, such as CUSIP, obligor, issuer, market sector and security type. The quality of this archive results from DPC DATA’s high-speed processing of documents that arrive by mail, fax and electronic delivery in a variety of formats.
“For more than a decade, we have served as the back office of the municipal disclosure system, imbuing quality and consistency into an essentially unregulated world of documentary standards. The newly designed MuniFILINGS site represents our commitment to providing even greater convenience and more analytical content to our customers,” said Peter Schmitt, CEO of DPC DATA. “We are proud to be the primary source of validated, standardized municipal disclosures, and we look forward to serving the marketplace that requires that quality of data and documentation.”
MuniFILINGS.com serves as the public document store of DPC DATA, providing access to the largest collection of primary and secondary disclosure filings, both current and dating back to the 1980s, more than one million documents in all. Through a variety of access channels, such as direct feeds and portals, the MuniFILINGS
® archive serves the municipal dealer industry, investment analysts, issuers and mutual funds, as well as individual investors and academic researchers.
“MuniFILINGS
® has a new look today, but the real value of the site lies in the deep archive of documents, the standardized data structure and the value-added services for our users,” said Michael Ruvo, president of DPC DATA. “Every change to MuniFILINGS
® was developed in collaboration with our customers, and their response to the new site has been outstanding. While we sell disclosure documents, we also welcome people who are simply interested in query-based research about municipal disclosure practices. There has always been an extraordinary amount of free, valuable information to be found on MuniFILINGS about specific bonds and their related disclosure filings. We welcome the professional and investor communities to the new site, and hope they enjoy the changes.”
About DPC DATA
DPC DATA Inc., founded in 1992, provides securities-related data products and services to more than 600 financial institutions and information intermediaries. DPC DATA is a strategic partner of Standard & Poor's. In addition to marketing its own portfolio of trademarked financial data products, DPC DATA offers outsourced and offshore services in custom data management and software development. DPC DATA is a privately held firm, headquartered in Fort Lee, NJ. For more information please visit
www.DPCDATA.com.
