NEW YORK, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- TD Waterhouse Group, Inc.
(NYSE: TWE; TSE), the global online brokerage firm today announced it is now
offering its U.S. customers and network of independent financial advisors
real-time access to Goldman Sachs PrimeAccess(SM), an integrated, research-
driven offering from The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). Goldman Sachs
is one of the world's leading investment and securities firms, with a U.S.
equity research team covering more than 1,000 companies.
"High-quality research is of increasing importance to investors and
financial advisors in today's market environment," said Frank J. Petrilli,
President and Chief Operating Officer of TD Waterhouse Group. "We see access
to the research and commentary produced by a world class investment bank like
Goldman Sachs as a tremendous addition to our already robust research
offering, and I am confident our individual investor customers and independent
financial advisors will take full advantage of this benefit."
"We are pleased to provide Goldman Sachs PrimeAccess(SM) with its full
range of offerings to TD Waterhouse's individual investor customers and
network of financial advisors throughout the U.S.," said Robert Steel, head of
Global Equities at Goldman Sachs.
Among the resources now available to TD Waterhouse's U.S. individual
investor customers and network of financial advisors are:
Goldman Sachs PrimeAccess(SM) Markets Today
* AM Headlines -- A daily summary of Goldman Sachs' U.S. morning call,
including stock rating upgrades, downgrades and earnings estimate
changes.
* Markets Today Daily Summary -- Daily summaries of key Goldman Sachs
headline research, featuring the latest company analysis, including
stock ratings, estimate changes and initiations of coverage, the day's
headline research, the latest research highlights, economics summary,
and strategy summary.
* PM Headlines -- A daily afternoon re-cap of all intra-day Goldman
Sachs commentary, including stock rating upgrades and downgrades and
earnings estimate changes.
Goldman Sachs PrimeAccess(SM) Economics
* Daily commentary on significant U.S. economic events as well as
current outlooks and analysis from the Goldman Sachs Economics
Research group. Includes a calendar of upcoming and historical
economic events.
Goldman Sachs PrimeAccess(SM) Strategy
* Goldman Sachs' investment view on the U.S. market and industries
synthesized from an analysis of economic and other macro data in
conjunction with the bottom-up view of Goldman Sachs' industry
analysts.
Goldman Sachs PrimeAccess(SM) Weekly Insight
* Weekly compendium of selected analyst commentary, including a
"Featured Profile" of an investment theme or industry and a "Stock to
Focus On."
Goldman Sachs PrimeAccess(SM) Company Research
* Company Highlights -- Overviews on Goldman Sachs-followed companies,
including: a company profile, recently published research summaries,
stock data, earning estimates, and valuation data.
* Earnings Analysis -- Company earnings estimates on Goldman
Sachs-followed companies.
* Industry Valuation -- A unique matrix comparing price/earnings and
long-term growth of a Goldman Sachs-followed company to related peers
for the current and following years.
In addition to these features, the TD Waterhouse Stocks Overview page will
now include Goldman Sachs' stock rating and the latest research comments for
covered companies.
Individual investors with a TD Waterhouse account can tap into Goldman
Sachs PrimeAccess(SM) Research through the state-of-the-art News & Research
section of TD Waterhouse's website (http://www.tdwaterhouse.com). The
2,600 independent financial advisors in TD Waterhouse's network can leverage
the research of Goldman Sachs' analysts by logging into Veo, TD Waterhouse's
web-based proprietary platform for financial advisors.
About TD Waterhouse
TD Waterhouse Group, Inc., provides investors and financial advisors with
a broad range of brokerage, mutual fund, banking and other consumer financial
products on an integrated basis. Worldwide, TD Waterhouse currently services
3.3 million active customer accounts in the United States, Canada, the United
Kingdom, Australia, and Hong Kong. The firm also has joint ventures in Japan,
Luxembourg and India to serve investors in those countries. TD Waterhouse can
be found on the Internet at http://www.tdwaterhouse.com and on America Online
at Keyword: TD Waterhouse. In the U.S., brokerage services provided by TD
Waterhouse Investor Services, Inc. (Member NYSE/SIPC).
TD Waterhouse's majority owner is TD Bank (NYSE: TD; TSE). Headquartered
in Toronto, Canada, with offices around the world, TD Bank Financial Group
offers a full range of financial products and services to approximately
13 million customers worldwide.
About Goldman Sachs
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a leading global investment banking and
securities firm, providing a full range of investing, advisory and financing
services worldwide to a substantial and diversified client base, which
includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high net worth
individuals. Founded in 1869, it is one of the oldest and largest investment
banking firms. The Firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in
London, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Hong Kong and other major financial centers around
the world.
SOURCE TD Waterhouse Group, Inc.
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CONTACT:
Melissa Fox, +1-212-908-3101,
MelissaFox@TDWaterhouse.com, or Melissa Gitter, +1-212-806-3522,
MelissaGitter@TDWaterhouse.com, both of TD Waterhouse Group,
Inc.; or Ed Canaday of Goldman, Sachs & Co., +1-212-357-0005,
ed.canaday@gs.com
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