Pre-1998 News from TIPS

• November 25, 1997 - SIA Data Management Division Street-Wide Testing Subcommittee has chosen TIPS, Inc. to supply "the Street" with Year 2000 Testing Data.

• November 21, 1997 - Rescom Ventures Inc., the Canadian software developer, has licensed the SIA/PSA Standard Securities Calculation Software Library produced by TIPS, Inc. to include in their MarketMate ES Client and Portfolio Asset Management system.

• July 1, 1997 - The free demonstration SIA/PSA Standard Securities Calculations Calculator has been enhanced to include calculations for the G7 countries.

• March 13, 1997 - The SIA/PSA Standard Securities Calculations Library as well as the SIA/PSA Standard Securities Calculations Calculator now include the ability to calculate prices/yields for PIK Preferred securities.

• February 20, 1997 - Perl 5 Interface now available for the SIA/PSA Standard Securities Calculations Library

• February 4, 1997 - A beta version of the SIA/PSA Standard Securities Calculations Library "html" based documentation is now available on our web site - "C" language only.

• January 21, 1997 - The SIA/PSA Standard Securities Calculations Library as well as the SIA/PSA Standard Securities Calculations Calculator now include the ability to calculate prices/yields and accrued interest for the newly issued US Treasury Indexed Inflation Securities.

• April 4, 1996 - SIA/PSA Standard Securities Calculations Library Now Available on Digital Alpha Platforms Running Open-Unix or Open-VMS

• February 14, 1996 - Brady Bond Support Added to SIA/PSA Standard Securities Calculations Library

• October 27, 1995 - SIA/PSA Bond Analytic Module and SIA/PSA Mortgage-Backed Analytic Module Released

• August 15, 1995 - Securities Industry Association and Public Securities Association Jointly Announce Software Library Based on Industry Standards

• June 29, 1995 - Securities Industry Association Announces Software Library Based on Standard Securities Calculation Methods Books