Press Release

Briefing.com to Provide RiskGrades for Investors to Make Better Investment Decisions
Investors can now check financial risk in virtually every scenario before investing

Chicago, IL—March 27, 2002—Briefing.com (www.briefing.com), the Internet's leading provider of live market analysis and commentary, today announced it will be offering investment risk measurement expertise and content from RiskMetrics Group. This information will be available on the Briefing.com Free Services site at www.briefing.com/freeservices/.

RiskGrades™, the financial risk measurement methodology provided by RiskMetrics Group, allows investors to assess the level of risk in their portfolios and see the impact of any potential changes of the underlying securities in a "test" scenario prior to actually taking the plunge and investing. Briefing.com will offer this tool in addition to Funds Trust Leaders and Laggards, Risk/Rewards Top Ten Lists, historical charts and educational content.

"This information can be a beneficial tool for investors of all levels," says Dick Green, president of Briefing.com. "We are pleased to be able to offer this kind of expertise to our ever growing group of readers on Briefing's Free Services."

"We are pleased to have Briefing.com present to their audience our transparent and intuitive risk measurement application," says Martin Nemeth, head of Retail Products at RiskMetrics Group. "Understanding personal investment risk is the key to building investor confidence."

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About RiskMetrics Group
RiskMetrics Group empowers institutions and their clients around the world to make better investment decisions. RiskMetrics Group's risk management and wealth management systems, services, and data are used by hundreds of leading financial institutions, multinational corporations and many of the world's central banks. Formerly a division at J.P. Morgan, RiskMetrics Group was spun-off as a separate company in 1998. The company has seven offices around the world, including New York, London, Tokyo, and Singapore. http://www.riskmetrics.com

About Briefing.com
Briefing.com is an employee-owned company headquartered in Chicago, with offices in Boston and the San Francisco Bay Area. Rated a “top site” eight consecutive years by Barron’s and three consecutive years by Forbes.com, Briefing.com is the leading provider of quality, live market analysis via the Internet.