ASSET4 to Provide BNP Paribas Asset Management with a New Generation of Investment Research Information

ASSET4 Ltd, a leading provider of corporate ESG (environmental,
social and corporate governance) information, today announced that BNP
Paribas Asset Management, a leader in the European asset management
industry, has acquired a global license for the ASSET4 information
solution. BNPP AM plans to integrate ASSET4 information into its
Responsible investment research, product structuring and portfolio
management.

"BNP Paribas Asset Management is a widely recognised asset
management leader offering a broad range of innovative products. Their
commitment to integrating objective and measurable ESG information
into their portfolio monitoring demonstrates a true responsiveness to
the needs of the market and to the increasing importance of these
issues for mainstream, professional, performance-oriented asset
management," said Peter Ohnemus, CEO and President of ASSET4.

The ASSET4 solution offers investment professionals the only
source for comprehensive and impartial ESG information, as well as the
tools necessary to track, analyze and benchmark the practices and
performance of their funds, portfolios and companies. By monitoring
900 specific economic, environmental, social and governance data
points, the ASSET4 system enables users to see beyond the purely
financial aspects of corporate performance, which are today believed
to represent less than 20% of a company's market value. This more
complete view enables asset managers, like BNPP AM, to improve
investment performance, reduce risk, develop innovative products,
drive down research costs and monitor the ESG aspects of their
portfolios.

Eric Borremans, Head of Sustainability Research at BNP Paribas
Asset Management, stated, "BNP Paribas Asset Management is a
recognised global leader in the field of responsible investment. By
acquiring the ASSET4 information solution, we are enhancing our
ability to address the increasing demand from pension funds and other
clients to apply sustainability criteria when managing their assets.
We can now utilise the ASSET4 system to actively and systematically
manage the responsible investment frameworks defined by a growing
number of our clients. ASSET4 is a comprehensive, impartial and
scalable source of ESG information available. The system enables us at
any time to trace back what information we are basing our
recommendations on for audit purposes, as well as to create
added-value capabilities for our clients such as ESG strengths and
weaknesses analyses. We believe that this new information source will
allow us to expand the scope of our research universe and ESG
analyses."

Sustainable and responsible investment has, since 2002, occupied a
major place in BNPP AM's activities and is reflected in their leading
role in several initiatives on subjects such as the transparency of
management processes, support for extra-financial research, and key
issues such as climate change, social reinsertion and support for
academic research. BNPP AM is a founding member of the Enhanced
Analytics Initiative, an international initiative created by pension
funds and asset management companies with the aim of encouraging
stockbrokers and independent research companies to take
extra-financial criteria into account.

BNP Paribas Asset Management

BNP Paribas Asset Management is a European leader in traditional,
indexed and structured investment management. Original core activity
of BNP Paribas Investment Partners, BNP Paribas Asset Management has
euro 244 billion of assets under management(1), and more than 800
people servicing clients in 69 countries. It offers a wide range of
management capabilities with a shared focus on innovation, robustness
and consistency of investment processes as well as accuracy of risk
control. BNP Paribas Asset Management's excellence is reflected by
Fitch's second-highest rating: M2. For more information, please visit
www.bnpparibas-am.com.

(1) Figures as at 30 June 2007, assets under advisory included.

ASSET4 AG

ASSET4 provides a new generation of investment research
information to professional investors allowing them to incorporate
objective and measurable ESG (environmental, social, governance)
information into their decision-making processes. The ASSET4
information and tools enable clients to improve investment
performance, reduce risk, develop innovative products, drive down
research costs and monitor the ESG aspects of their portfolios. ASSET4
has 200 employees and is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland with
locations in London, New York and Mauritius. It is a proud signatory
of the United Nation's Principles for Responsible Investment. For more
information, please visit www.asset4.com.