February 04, 2004

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Alacra clients can now retrieve FitchResearch reports on a pay-per-view or subscription basis.

The qualitative information available from FitchResearch consists of corporate finance and structured finance credit updates and reports. The corporate finance sector includes global financial institutions and corporates. Structured finance includes asset-backed, credit products and both residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities.

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