02.22.99
Launch of LANA Fund Analyzer
Summit, NJ, February 22, 1999 - Lipper Inc. today announced the launch of its new Windows based fund analysis
application, LANA Fund Analyzer. This new service is an extension of Lipper's mutual fund information database that is
tailored to meet the research needs of the fund management business. The new Analyzer allows investment companies
to easily review and distill data based on their screening criteria.
The new service provides many enhancements including:
Easy access to Lipper fund information
Greater analytical flexibility to create custom peer groups
Performance charts, including bar, relative bar, floating bar, and scatter plot charts
Instant custom ranks
Fast electronic delivery
Subscribers to LANA Fund Analyzer also receive an electronic PDF file of the related Lipper performance publication and
the fax service, Lipper Flash Ranking. The entire LANA Fund Analyzer package can be delivered on a weekly, monthly or
quarterly basis.
"The new LANA Fund Analyzer allows money managers to utilize our information more quickly and easily," said Steve
Lipper, Senior Vice President of Lipper. "By using this new interface, our clients can drill down to the precise information
which they need in order to make the appropriate decisions for their firm."
The new service will allow investment companies to produce better analyses, understand their own funds’ performance,
as well as their competitors and the fund business. Through this knowledge and understanding, fund companies can
better serve their companies needs as well as their clients.
LANA Fund Analyzer is a derivative of Lipper Analytical New Applications (LANA), Lipper’s Windows NT® proprietary fund
research databank. LANA, which covers SEC registered open-end funds, closed-end funds, variable insurance products,
and non-SEC registered funds databases, is a powerful, flexible fund analysis workstation which provides exceptional
depth of fund information, including research on funds’ performances, expenses, portfolios, net flows, advisors, and
portfolio managers.
About Lipper: Lipper, a wholly owned subsidiary of Reuters, is a leading global provider of mutual fund information and
analysis to fund companies, financial intermediaries, and media organizations. Lipper clients manage more than 95% of
U.S. fund assets. The firm, founded in 1973 and headquartered in New York, tracks 125,000 funds worldwide through its
offices in major financial capitals in North America, Europe, and Asia.
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