RiskMetrics Group has partnered with industry leaders in the areas of technology, capital markets, straight through processing and more. We work closely with market leaders worldwide to develop innovative, enabling solutions that increase the value we deliver to our clients.

	Advisen Ltd. RiskMetrics Group has partnered with Advisen to provide its U.S. and Global Corporate Governance Quotient Database (CGQ®) and Profiles to Advisen customers. Advisen provides services to underwriting, marketing and commercial insurance professionals. Advisen's web-based workstation incorporates real-time analytics and research on over 1.5 million companies and 70 industries.
	Alacra RiskMetrics Group has partnered with Alacra to provide its U.S. and Global Corporate Governance Quotient Database (CGQ) and Profiles and M&A Edge(sm) service to Alacra customers. Alacra provides a diverse portfolio of fast, sophisticated online and offline services that allow financial institutions to quickly find, analyze, package and present mission-critical business information.
	American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) AAII is a nonprofit organization that arms individual investors with the education and tools they need to build wealth. Through its partnership with RiskMetrics Group AAII provides all its members access to RiskGrades.com. RiskGrades.com is a service that allows individual investors the opportunity to learn the basic concepts of Risk and to then apply those concepts while assessing the risk of their own portfolios.
	Bowne & Co., Inc. Bowne & Co., Inc., founded in 1775, is a global leader in providing high-value solutions that empower communication. RiskMetrics Group has partnered with Bowne to ensure a seamless filing process for vote records on behalf of its common institutional investor clients. We have worked closely with Bowne to determine the most appropriate file format for its client's vote disclosure submissions to the SEC, and to ensure that the files RiskMetrics Group provides to clients are completely EDGAR-ready.
	Broadridge Spun off from ADP in 2007, Broadridge is an established leader in providing products and services for securities processing, clearing and outsourcing and investor communication to the financial services industry worldwide. RiskMetrics Group works closely with Broadridge to develop ways in which both firms can make the ballot management process more accurate and more efficient for institutional clients.
	DSW RiskMetrics Group has partnered with DSW to provide an integrated meeting attendance service in Germany for RiskMetrics' clients. Deutsche Schutzvereinigung für Wertpapierbesitz e.V. (DSW) is Germany's oldest (founded in 1947) and largest association for private investors. Headquartered in Dusseldorf with 8 regional offices, DSW currently has more than 28,000 members. In addition, DSW is the head office of the German investment clubs. DSW represents investors at approximately 850 annual general meetings per year.
	FactSet Research Systems Inc. FactSet is a leading provider of global financial and economic information, including fundamental data on tens of thousands of companies worldwide. Combining more than 200 databases into its own dedicated online service, FactSet also provides the tools to download, combine and manipulate the data for investment analysis. RiskMetrics Group has partnered with FactSet Research Systems Inc. to provide its Global Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ) database to investment analysts through FactSet DIRECTIONS.
	Financial Times FT.com, the world's most popular audited business website, which combines agenda-setting editorial with relevant financial data and discussion groups, as well as a broad range of business tools including the largest search function on the internet. FT.com has more than 55 million monthly page views and over 2.7 million unique monthly visitors. Risk Metrics Group has partnered with FT.com to provide its users with online risk education materials.
	FTSE Group FTSE Group is a world-leader in the creation and management of market indices, serving clients in 77 countries worldwide. These indices are used extensively by investors worldwide for investment analysis, performance measurement, asset allocation, portfolio hedging and for creating a wide range of index tracking funds. We launched a partnership with FTSE in 2004 to create the FTSE/RiskMetrics Group Corporate Governance Index (CGI) Series, an innovative corporate governance index that will help institutional investors understand the impact of corporate governance on the share price performance of companies worldwide. In addition, RiskMetrics Group and FTSE have formed an Advisory Committee in order to oversee the creation of the index and ensure the suitability and market acceptance of the FTSE/RiskMetrics Group Corporate Governance ratings and indices.
	Infosys Technologies Ltd. RiskMetrics Group has engaged Infosys as a key technology partner to help execute on the firm's technology initiatives. Infosys is a global leader in providing consulting and IT services that help clients conceptualize and realize technology-driven business transformation initiatives. With over 32,000 employees worldwide, Infosys utilizes a low-risk Global Delivery Model (GDM) to accelerate schedules and provide a high degree of time and cost predictability.
	LexisNexis LexisNexis® is a leading provider of comprehensive information and business solutions to professionals in a variety of areas—legal, risk management, corporate, government, law enforcement, accounting and academic. A member of Reed Elsevier Group plc, LexisNexis helps customers achieve their goals in 100 countries through 13,000 employees dedicated to putting the Customer First.
	National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) RiskMetrics Group research and voting operations in the UK are conducted under the name of RREV through our wholly-owned subsidiary called Research, Recommendations and Electronic Voting Limited (RREV). All RREV research and vote recommendations are based on the corporate governance policy guidelines of the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF). Established in 1923, the NAPF is the established leader of corporate governance in the U.K. and is the leading voice of workplace pension provisions. Its priority is to ensure a regulatory and fiscal environment which encourages the provision and take up of employer-sponsored pensions, as well as sound stewardship of pension fund assets.
	NASDAQ NASDAQ is the largest U.S. electronic stock market. With more than 3,200 companies, it lists more companies and, on average, trades more shares per day than any other U.S. market. RiskMetrics Group has partnered with NASDAQ as a distributor of RiskMetrics Group's Corporate Governance Quotient Database (CGQ) to NASDAQ-listed companies and to offer ICS services to NASDAQ's Corporate Services network. In addition, NASDAQ offers RiskMetrics Group's RiskGrades which allows individual investors to assess the risk of NASDAQ listed securities. NASDAQ also provides an online risk education course created by RiskMetrics Group. The course teaches individual investors about the concepts of risk and how to apply them to their own portfolios.
	ProxyTrust Founded in 1993, Proxytrust provides proxy processing and related information services to the U.S. trust banking industry. Proxytrust's technology is used in thousands of shareholder meetings each year, for over 180 Trust Institutions, reaching millions of investors.
	Swingvote, LLC Founded in 2003, Swingvote, LLC is a full service outsource provider of proxy delivery and voting services for banks, brokerage firms and institutional investors. The company offers a unique Proxy Management System that delivers seamless on-line access to all shareholder material, proxy analysis and free Internet proxy voting. Through this strategic partnership, Swingvote offers clients access to RiskMetrics Group's proxy voting services and cutting-edge electronic voting platform.
	Thomson Reuters The Thomson Corporation is a leading global provider of integrated information-based solutions to businesses, delivering information, software and applications to help clients make better decisions, faster. Through this strategic partnership, Thomson clients receive RiskMetrics Group-generated Meeting and Agenda information through the firm's StreetEvents platform. Thomson clients can also receive RiskMetrics Group's M&A Insight, CGQ Profiles and past meeting research reports. And Reuters clients can receive RiskMetrics Group's past meeting research reports via the Reuters research platform.
	Principles for Responsible Investment There is a growing view among investment professionals that environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) issues can affect the performance of investment portfolios. Investors fulfilling their fiduciary (or equivalent) duty therefore need to give appropriate consideration to these issues, but to date have lacked a framework for doing so. The Principles for Responsible Investment provide this framework. RiskMetrics Group is a signatory to the Principles, and works to support their application through a variety of products and services as outlined here.
	Xcitek Xcitek® is a leading global provider of Corporate Actions software, market data and consulting services Xcitek solutions enable clients to reduce risk and improve efficiencies. Through this strategic partnership, Xcitek clients can receive RiskMetrics Group-generated Meeting and Agenda information for U.S. and global company meetings.
	Yahoo! Yahoo! Inc. is a leading global Internet brand and one of the most trafficked Internet destinations worldwide. RiskMetrics Group's mission is to connect people to their passions, their communities, and the world's knowledge. RiskMetrics Group partners with Yahoo! to distribute its CGQ scores and generate awareness for the CGQ service.