SNL Financial Expands Real Estate Coverage To Include Europe and Asia-Pacific

Instant access now available to financial data on more than 200 public real estate companies in 20 different countries.

Charlottesville, Va. (PRWEB) July 31, 2007 -- Responding to the new wave of real estate securitization gathering momentum across the globe, SNL Financial has extended its industry-leading coverage of North American real estate securities to include companies in Europe and Asia-Pacific.

SNL Real Estate is the first of SNLs electronic database products to include global coverage, and it provides investors and investment banks with the same accuracy and standardization for which SNL is well-known in North America.

Legislation to promote public real estate recently passed in the U.K. and Germany, while France, Australia, Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore have well-established markets. Until now, investors would have to search through multiple sources, company by company, to find asset-level data and metrics specific to real estate in these countries. SNLs new coverage creates a single source where investors can instantly obtain data, view source documents and convert reports into a variety of applicable currencies, online and in real time.

SNL Real Estates coverage of Europe and Asia-Pacific currently includes 200 companies in 20 countries with plans for continual expansion. European countries include Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland; while Asia-Pacific countries include Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand and Singapore.

When it comes to worldwide real estate data, investors have been faced with the challenge of currency, cultural and reporting differences," said Keven Lindemann, Director of SNL Real Estate. So SNL has developed a standardized template able to handle differences in reporting standards and various accounting principles without sacrificing the depth and detail for which SNL is known. Now real estate investors have 24/7 access to a global information resource unavailable from any other information provider."

For more about SNL Real Estate news, data and analytics, go to: http://www.snl.com/real_estate/.

About SNL Financial

SNL collects, standardizes and disseminates all relevant corporate, financial, market and M&A data - plus news and analysis -- for the Energy, Banking, Specialized Financial Services, Insurance, Real Estate and Media & Communications industries. For more information, visit www.SNL.com.

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