Medley Global Advisors Signs Agreement With Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Medley Global Advisors Signs Agreement With Goldman, Sachs & Co.

May 09, 2007

    NEW YORK, May 9 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Medley Global
Advisors, LLC (MGA), the leading independent provider of
policy intelligence to hedge funds, asset managers,
investment banks, and governments, is pleased to announce
it has signed an agreement with Goldman, Sachs and Co.'s
Hudson Street Services.
 
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    Under the agreement, Hudson Street Services, who will
offer clients access to a select platform of unique content
and tools, will be able to introduce MGA's services on an
exclusive basis to Goldman Sachs' institutional clients
looking to incorporate macro and regulatory policy
intelligence into their trading and investment decisions. 

    In a separate agreement, Goldman Sachs has also taken a
minority investment stake in MGA, joining current owners
Boston Ventures, Castanea Partners, and MGA management. MGA
will continue to operate as a fully independent firm,
generating its own proprietary research and servicing all
clients directly, including referrals from Hudson Street.

    MGA's Chief Executive Officer, Sassan Ghahramani,
commented on the agreements:
 
    "Investors who traditionally had been less focused
on the impact of policy decisions on their markets are
increasingly aware of and impacted by decisions made in
Washington, Beijing or Riyadh. Hudson Street will help
identify Goldman Sachs clients who may have different
styles, time frames, and objectives than MGA's traditional
clients. 

    "We will help these clients cut through their
information overload and provide them with decision-grade,
educated predictions and analysis of major policy issues.
In addition to macro economic policy, we anticipate strong
demand for our emerging markets, energy, regulatory and
China specific coverage.

    "We will, importantly," he added, "be
doing this with a firm that shares our philosophy of
providing premium quality service to a sophisticated client
base."

    About MGA

    MGA analyzes primary sourced and public input from
policymakers and applies it to industry and financial
markets to help clients and policymakers anticipate key
macro and regulatory events that affect them. 

    MGA provides services covering select G7/OECD fixed
income and currency markets, emerging markets, telecoms,
utilities, and energy markets. It was founded in 1997 and
is headquartered in New York City, with offices in
Washington DC, London, and Tokyo.

    For more information on MGA, visit
http://www.medleyadvisors.com . To contact the firm, please
e-mail [e-mail] or call Launa Myrie at
212 219 9096. 


    For more information, please contact:

     Launa Myrie
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]