I work for an institutional money manager that subscribes to First Call Research and BondCall Direct, but we can’t view Merrill Lynch's research. Why?

We are planning to develop a corporate Intranet within the next year. Can Thomson Financial provide us with content to personalize our site?

I already have too many vendor systems on my desktop. If I purchase a First Call product or service, do I have to get another desktop application?

How many documents are available via the First Call Research Network?

I work for a global investment management firm with offices throughout the world. Will First Call be able to provide customer support to those offices when the US markets are closed?

We would like to distribute our research, notes and estimates over the First Call system, but we want to determine who gets access to our content. Can First Call provide this information?

I only read research from analysts ranked in the top 20 by Institutional Investor magazine. Does First Call have research from all the top 20 firms?

I am mainly concerned with accessing earnings estimate revisions. Do you offer a product that meets my needs? If so, how timely is the data?

We manage our Latin American investments from a satellite office in Mexico City. The only problem we really have is obtaining comprehensive and timely local research. Is there anything First Call offers that can help?

I go directly to my broker's Web sites to get my research. Why do I need First Call?

I recently began using your full-text research products. Do I still need to retain hard copies of the research I obtain from First Call Research and BondCall Direct for SEC auditing purposes?

How many clients does First Call have?

Is there a way I can obtain full-text research reports from brokers that I am not entitled to see over First Call Research?

I work for an institutional money manager that subscribes to First Call Research and BondCall Direct, but we can’t view Merrill Lynch's research. Why?

First Call’s distribution agreement with our contributing brokers allows them to control who is entitled to receive their research. Please contact Merrill Lynch (or any other contributor) directly to request access to their research. Once the broker has notified First Call of your entitled status, you will be able to view their research on First Call Research and/or BondCall Direct.

We are planning to develop a corporate Intranet within the next year. Can Thomson Financial provide us with content to personalize our site?

Thomson Financial Solutions' custom-configured Application Service Provider solutions integrate best-of-breed content with the client's internal content and are delivered via a modular, customized technology designed to meet the unique needs of each user. Because Thomson Financial's ASP is vertically focused on the institutional investor community, buy- and sell-side users benefit from Thomson Financial's applied intelligence - an understanding of how the highest quality content and expert technology come together to add value to the investment process.

Thomson Financial's custom web solutions, including Web sites, intranet sites and other Internet-based solutions, feature rapid deployment and provide many benefits to institutional buy and sell-side clients. They enable financial services firms to manage and use strategic information to increase investment return, generate sales and build closer relationships with their customers. They build brand loyalty by serving as a sales and marketing channel, and they help firms to differentiate themselves from competing offerings.

I already have too many vendor systems on my desktop. If I purchase a First Call product or service, do I have to get another desktop application?

First Call’s products and data are available over more than 50 third-party distributors including most the major financial information providers. Most likely one of your current vendors can provide you with First Call’s data over one of your existing application.

How many documents are available via the First Call Research Network?

Currently there are over 6,000,000 documents available via the First Call Network, including full-text equity research documents, morning meeting and intraday notes, as well as full-text fixed income reports.

I work for a global investment management firm with offices throughout the world. Will First Call be able to provide customer support to those offices when the US markets are closed?

Absolutely, First Call is committed to providing superior customer support to our clients worldwide. We have offices located in London, Dublin, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Sydney, Paris, Singapore, Frankfurt, Edinburgh, Manila, San Paulo, Toronto, and many other locations. Click here to view our full list of offices and contact information.

We would like to distribute our research, notes and estimates over the First Call system, but we want to determine who gets access to our content. Can First Call provide this information?

First Call is the only company that will give your firm full control over setting and changing your entitlements -- only you decide which companies are allowed to see your research. First Call also provides detailed readership reports and statistics, so you can review and re-evaluate your entitlements on an ongoing basis, as well as change your entitlements online via First Call Insight^(sm).

I only read research from analysts ranked in the top 20 by Institutional Investor magazine. Does First Call have research from all the top 20 firms?

Yes. First Call is the only company that can provide access to research from all of Institutional Investor’s top 20 firms.

I am mainly concerned with accessing earnings estimate revisions. Do you offer a product that meets my needs? If so, how timely is the data?

First Call Quantitative Services has the ideal products to meet your needs. The Global Real-Time Earnings Estimates Database is the most timely and accurate source of earnings estimates and related data. This database will provide you with quarterly and annual broker-by-broker detailed earnings estimates, consensus estimates, consensus recommendations, growth rates and much more. All data is collected electronically from the brokers and delivered to your desktop in real-time…so you’re always abreast of the news that moves the markets.

We manage our Latin American investments from a satellite office in Mexico City. The only problem we really have is obtaining comprehensive and timely local research. Is there anything First Call offers that can help?

We have a few products that can help your firm obtain timely and comprehensive local research. First Call Research contains full-text research from over 50 Latin American broker/contributors, some of it written in Spanish. In addition, many Latin American brokers distribute their morning meeting and intraday notes over First Call Notes and contribute their earnings estimates to First Call. Your Latin American office may also be interested in a new product -- RD Español, a Web-based Spanish version of First Call Research, which offers the same research, but with a local-language user interface. RD Español is the second non-English version of First Call Research launched by First Call; RDj, the Japanese-language version of First Call Research was launched in November 1997. RDj now contains more than 15,000 research documents written in Japanese language.

I go directly to my broker's Web sites to get my research. Why do I need First Call?

Your brokers’ Web sites are an effective way of obtaining broker research if you only use one or two brokers, but when you do business with many brokers, it becomes a cumbersome and time consuming process. First Call brings all your entitled broker research directly to your desktop in a comprehensive and integrated format, so you can spend your time reading and analyzing research instead of hunting for the reports.

I recently began using your full-text research products. Do I still need to retain hard copies of the research I obtain from First Call Research and BondCall Direct for SEC auditing purposes?

No, we can do that for you. The SEC issued "No Action" Letters allowing both First Call Research and BondCall Direct to electronically maintain brokerage research reports for the institutional community. Because these products store reports on-line for more than six years, you no longer have to save hard copy versions of any report you access from BondCall Direct or FIrst Call Research.

How many clients does First Call have?

Currently more than 22,500 institutional money managers use First Call products. In fact, 98% of equity institutions, as measured by actively managed equity assets, rely on First Call to stay in touch with the market.

Is there a way I can obtain full-text research reports from brokers that I am not entitled to see over First Call Research?

Yes. Now you can access embargoed full-text equity research on a pay-as-you-go basis via First Call Research. Whether you access First Call Notes, First Call Research, BondCall Direct or First Call’s Global Real-Time Earnings Estimates Database via the Web, you are now able to retrieve embargoed investment research from over 500 investment banks, brokerages and research firms. Pay-Per-Doc will be a valuable supplement to your First Call Research subscription, because you can access embargoed equity research on a pay-as-you-go basis from brokers that you are not currently entitled to see in real-time on First Call Research. First Call Notes or First Call’s Real-time Earnings Estimates Database clients can compliment their subscriptions with full-text equity research on a pay-as-you-go basis, accessing the full detail behind the market-moving information and understand the whole picture.