FINANCIAL PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION LATEST TO JOIN RANKS OF ALLIANCE FOR INVESTOR EDUCATION

Nation's Premier Group for Best in Investor Education Continues Growth in 2007

WASHINGTON, D.C.///January 25, 2007///The non-profit Alliance for Investor Education (AIE) announced today that the Financial Publishers Association (FPA) is its newest participating organization. The 23-member Alliance for Investor Education (http://www.investoreducation.org) provides investors with access to a full range of information they need to make wise investment decisions.

AIE President Michael D. Jones, who also is senior executive vice president at the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), said: "The Financial Publishers Association is an important addition to the Alliance for Investor Education, as their members reach millions of investors with their educational information. We look forward to working with FPA to further widen the impact of the best investor education content in the United States."

FPA Executive Director Joy Howell said: "The Financial Publishers Association connects financial education publishers with investors who are looking for information to assist them in building their wealth. We are excited to work with the Alliance for Investor Education to get the investors the information they need to make informed financial decisions."

The mission of the Financial Publishers Association (FPA) is to share knowledge of best business practices to help member publications grow and prosper, while empowering readers with unbiased, independent information. The FPA is devoted to enhancing and maintaining the financial publishing industry's reputation for excellence while helping individual investors build their wealth.

ABOUT AIE

The full breadth of the investment world is represented in AIE's membership ranks. Full members of the Alliance include: American Association of Individual Investors, American Financial Services Association Education Foundation, BetterInvesting, Bond Market Association, CFA Institute, Employee Benefit Research Institute's Education and Research Fund, Financial Planning Association, Financial Publishers Association, Investment Company Institute Education Foundation, Investor Protection Trust, National Association of Securities Dealers, National Council on Economic Education, National Endowment for Financial Education, National Futures Association, National Investor Relations Institute, the New York Stock Exchange, Securities Industry Association, and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission's Office of Investor Education and Assistance, the Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Consumer Protection, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the North American Securities Administrators Association are governmental and quasi-governmental advisors to the Alliance.

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