The number of
companies with default probabilities between 1% and 5%
improved by 0. Kamakura launched its business mortality model for
unlisted companies in January 2004. Kamakura
management has published twenty-one books and more than 100
publications on credit risk, market risk, and asset and
liability management.

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Laura Wood
Senior Manager
Research and Markets
press@researchandmarkets.com) and Unisys
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Companies with default
probabilities between 10% and 20% remained constant at 0. For more information on Kamakuras free trial
offer please contact Kamakura at info@kamakuraco. Kamakura is also the
first company in the world to develop and install a fully
integrated credit risk, market risk, asset and liability
management , and transfer pricing software system.

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Never in the last 16 years have credit conditions been this
good, said Warren Sherman, Kamakura President and Chief
Operating Officer.9% of the universe.com ).

Kamakuras research effort is led by Professor Robert
Jarrow, who was named Financial Engineer of the Year in 1997
by the International Association of Financial Engineers. Kamakura has world-wide distribution
alliances with IPS-Sendero (www.

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(Logo: http://www. In spite of the well-publicized
problems in the auto sector, global credit quality is such
that the number of troubled companies is less than half of
the 16 year average for the index: 14. Kamakuras risk management products
are currently used in 19 countries , including the United
States, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, France,
Switzerland , the United Kingdom, Eastern Europe, the Middle
East, Africa, Australia, Japan, China, Korea and many other
countries in Asia.

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Research and Markets: The Western European Market for Industrial Wood Coatings Revisited

Contents include:

- Industry Overview
- Market Review by Country
- Summary of Market Data
- End-User Industries
- Statistical data and trends in end-use sectors
- Market Forecast
- Projection of the market to 2008
- Directory of Industrial Wood Coatings Manufacturers

For more information visit
http://www.

Kamakura is offering free trials of its KRIS default
probability and default correlation service to qualified
institutions.

About Kamakura Corporation

Kamakura Corporation is a leading provider of risk
management information, processing and software .

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DUBLIN, Ireland, Research and Markets
(http://www.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040820/RESEARCH )
This new fifth edition is a revision and expansion of the previous wood
coatings report dated December 2000.0%.6%
of the universe. Kamakura
has been a provider of daily default probabilities and
default correlations for listed companies since November
2002.

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The model used is the fourth
generation Jarrow-Chava reduced form default probability, a
formula that bases default predictions on a sophisticated
combination of financial ratios, stock price history, and
macro-economic factors.riskbook.

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The result is a statistically -rich report containing all the key facts and
figures surrounding the markets in 2003, complete with a market forecast to
2008. van Deventer were both named to the
50 member RISK Hall of Fame in December 2002.

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"Advanced Financial Risk Management" was
recently named best finance book of 2004 on
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PRESS RELEASE Global Credit Quality Index Reaches Record Level for Best Credit Conditions

3% in March to 4.0% of the universe. Companies
with default probabilities between 5 and 10% improved by
0.com and in "Advanced Financial Risk
Management" (John Wiley & Sons, 2004) by Kamakuras van
Deventer, Kenji Imai, and Mark Mesler (available on
www .6 trillion in assets.

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com/reports/c13949) has announced the addition
of The Western European Market for Industrial Wood Coatings, 5th Edition to
their offering. Its coverage extends to the following 16
countries in Western Europe:

- Austria
- Belgium
- Denmark
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Ireland
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Portugal
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- UK

With this new edition new market breakdowns have been incorporated in
accordance with industry requests to include, for every country:

- Split of the polyurethane sector into the 1-K and 2-K markets
- Split of parquet finishes into 1-K and 2-K markets
- Division of markets by application

Markets are also analysed according to the main chemical technologies
associated with the sector, and according to companies on the basis of market
share .
Kamakura Corporation reported
today that its monthly global index of troubled companies
reached its lowest level since the index was begun in 1990.7% decline from February
2006 and improves on the March 1994 record of 5. The all time high of the
index was 28%, reached at the peak of the last recession in
September 2001.

Beginning in January, Kamakura has moved to a global index
covering 29 countries using the annualized one month default
probability produced by the best performing credit model of
the Kamakura Risk Information Services default and
correlation service. Kamakura
has clients ranging in size from $3 billion in assets to
$1.

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The number of global companies with default
probabilities over 20% fell 0.3% of the
universe.amazon.

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Credit conditions in March were better than at any time in
the last 16 years. The new record of 5. Kamakura
defines a troubled company as a company whose default
probability is in excess of 1%.1% to only 0. The countries currently covered by
the index include Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil,
Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India,
Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxemburg, Malaysia,
Netherlands, New Zealand , Norway, Singapore, South Africa,
South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United
Kingdom , and the United States.unisys.com), making Kamakura products available in
almost every major city around the globe.

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1% to 0.

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researchandmarkets.9%. Kamakura expanded the index beginning in
January to a global index covering 16,000 public companies
in 29 countries using the fourth generation version of
Kamakuras advanced credit models.com.
Professor Jarrow and Dr.

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7% of the public
company universe represents a 0.com.ips-sendero.

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More
information can also be found on the Kamakura Corporation
web site www.kamakuraco.

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Fax: +353 1 4100 980

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