Toronto, Ontario (OCTOBER 26, 2005) – CanDeal, Canada's leader in multidealer to client online debt securities trading, and Thomson TradeWeb are pleased to announce that on October 13th, a Canadian institutional investor initiated electronic trading for non-Canadian securities in Canada, when it executed a U.S. Treasury trade over TradeWeb.This major milestone was the result of the strategic alliance between CanDeal and TradeWeb that began this past June.  A key benefit of this alliance for Canadian institutional investors is the expanded online access to international securities including U.S Treasury bonds, U.S. Agencies, TBA-MBS, Corporate bonds, Interest-rate swaps, U.S. Repo, European government bonds and U.S. Commercial paper. "CanDeal remains firmly committed to delivering extraordinary value to its client base," said Jayson Horner, President and CEO, CanDeal.   He added, "We believe that in order for the Canadian marketplace and its participants to remain globally competitive, a strong electronic trading and straight through processing infrastructure must exist in this country. Markets are increasingly being defined by their integrity and the immediacy of access to liquidity they can provide. It is a clear preference of globally invested clients to participate in markets that offer a high degree of efficiency and certainty."About CanDealCanDeal is Canada's leading multi-dealer-to-institutional investor online debt securities trading network (www.candeal.ca). CanDeal's world class platform, powered by TradeWeb, provides its participants with continuous access to the deepest pool of liquidity for fixed income products. Today, the network links to 14 trading desks and delivers the market making power of seven of the world's largest investment dealers.The CanDeal electronic marketplace is open and available to all institutional investors and investment dealers across Canada. In addition to straight-through processing, online trade allocations, real time trade blotters and confirmations, the system also provides its users with superior compliance and audit functionality. CanDeal also provides a real time market data price feed for fixed income securities.About Thomson TradeWeb TradeWeb is the leading online fixed-income trading network with over 8 million trades executed and total volume surpassing $95 trillion since its inception in 1998. TradeWeb’s multi-dealer auction model links the trading desks of 36 of the world’s leading fixed-income dealers with more than 2,000 buy-side institutions in North America, Europe and Asia.The business is also the leading electronic “straight-through processing” network for the fixed-income markets, providing dealers and buy-side institutions with paperless trade allocations and confirmations on its fully integrated TradeXpress network.  TradeWeb’s STP network also includes AccountNet, the leading standard settlement instructions database and derivatives counterparty management tool.Thomson TradeWeb operates within the Thomson Financial group of businesses.  TradeWeb LLC is a member of the NASD.  TradeWeb Europe Limited is regulated by the U.K. Financial Services Authority.About Thomson Financial Thomson Financial is a US$1.73 billion provider of information and technology solutions to the worldwide financial community.  Through the widest range of products and services in the industry, Thomson Financial helps clients in more than 70 countries make better decisions, be more productive and achieve superior results.  Thomson Financial is part of The Thomson Corporation(www.thomson.com), a global leader in providing integrated information solutions to more than 20 million business and professional customers in the fields of law, tax, accounting, financial services, higher education, reference information, corporate e-learning and assessment, scientific research and healthcare.  With revenues of US$8.10 billion, The Thomson Corporation lists its common shares on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC). 

(January 20, 2006) - CanDeal Inc. takes great pride in announcing our support of the “See You In Torino Fund” (www.seeyouintorino.com). “The Fund represents an excellent opportunity to invest in our dedicated Canadian athletes,” says Jayson Horner, President and CEO of CanDeal. “We are pleased that we are able to participate in this worthwhile cause and support our amateur athletes as they strive to win gold for Canada on the world stage.”Since 1997, the signature “See You In Fund” has been providing direct financial support to our Canadian amateur athletes. This direct support helps to provide adequate resources for training and competing at an elite level. Mr. Horner said, “It is an investment in Canadian pride and a manner in which to nurture our future sports heroes.”The See You In Torino Fund provides an opportunity to “adopt an athlete”.  The athlete that CanDeal was excited to hear we adopted is Vicky Sunohara, a veteran member of the Gold Medal winning Canadian Women’s Hockey Team. Vicky was born in 1970 in Toronto, Ontario.  She is a two time Olympic medalist, having won an Olympic silver medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan and an Olympic gold medal in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, USA. In addition to her Olympic success, she has won several medals for Canada in various international ice hockey tournaments.Join us in cheering for the Canadian athletes competing in February, and go to www.SeeYouInTorino.com if you want to learn more about how you can still support their efforts in the upcoming games.  In addition, stay tuned for details about our “Go for the Gold” campaign to be announced shortly.About CanDealCanDeal is Canada's leading multi-dealer-to-institutional investor online debt securities trading network (www.candeal.ca). CanDeal's world class platform, powered by TradeWeb technology (www.tradeweb.com), provides its participants with continuous access to the deepest pool of liquidity for fixed income products. For Canadian dollar debt securities, the network links to 15 trading desks and delivers the market making power of eight leading investment dealers. In partnership with TradeWeb, the network also offers Canadian institutional investors access to a wide range of U.S. and European debt products.The CanDeal electronic marketplace is open and available to all institutional investors and investment dealers across Canada. In addition to straight-through processing, online trade allocations, real time trade blotters and confirmations, the system also provides its users with superior compliance and audit functionality. CanDeal also provides a real time market data price feed for fixed income securities. 

Montreal, Quebec; Toronto, Ontario (February 28, 2006) - CanDeal, Canada's leader in dealer to institutional investor online debt securities trading, is pleased to announce that Desjardins Securities, the securities brokerage arm of the Desjardins Group has agreed to a multi-year commitment to join the CanDeal marketplace.Desjardins Securities is the 10th dealer on CanDeal’s platform, where rapid growth continues with the amassing of significant dealer liquidity and an ever expanding list of institutional investors in Canada and the U.S.“Desjardins Securities is a welcome addition to our online marketplace. Institutional investors continue to favour executing their trades electronically and they appreciate the commitment and effort of leading dealers like Desjardins Securities, who demonstrate a clear vision of the need to evolve the Canadian debt markets” said Jayson Horner, President and CEO of CanDeal.Mr. Horner added that in addition to Desjardins Securities, CanDeal's dealer group includes BMO Nesbitt Burns, Casgrain & Company, CIBC World Markets, HSBC Securities (Canada), Laurentian Bank Securities, National Bank Financial, RBC Capital Markets, Scotia Capital, and TD Securities.Steven Shelton, Senior Vice President of the Fixed Income Group, Desjardins Securities, said, "Electronic connectivity with our clients augments our fast growing fixed income franchise. CanDeal has established itself as the essential online marketplace for clients inside and outside of Canada to access our market. Strategically, our ambition is to expand our capabilities in Canada and the United States. In addition to recently being appointed a Primary Dealer in Canada, our participation in CanDeal will allow our Fixed Income Group to remain among the market leaders.”  About CanDeal CanDeal is Canada's leading dealer to institutional investor online debt securities marketplace (www.candeal.ca). CanDeal's world class platform provides its North American participants with continuous access to the deepest pool of liquidity for Canadian fixed income products. CanDeal delivers the market making power of ten leading investment dealers. In partnership with Thomson TradeWeb, the network also offers Canadian institutional investors access to a wide range of U.S. and European debt products.The CanDeal electronic marketplace is open and available to all institutional investors and investment dealers in North America. In addition to straight-through-processing, online trade allocations, real time trade blotters and confirmations, CanDeal is also a leading innovator in the fixed income markets for best execution, superior compliance & audit measurement and benchmarking. CanDeal also provides a real time market data price feed for fixed income securities.About Desjardins SecuritiesDesjardins Securities offers full-service brokerage through its investment advisors, and online brokerage services through its online brokerage Disnat division.  The needs for companies and governments are dealt by its services of Corporate Finance, Fixed Income Group, and Equity Capital Markets, strongly supported by the Research Department. The organization which manages over $18 billion in assets has 42 service points of full-service brokerage and employs more than 1,200 people, including 305 Investment Advisors throughout Québec and Ontario. 

Toronto, Ontario (May 2, 2006) – CanDeal, Canada's leader in online debt securities trading is pleased to announce that Merrill Lynch Canada Inc. has agreed to a multi-year commitment to join its marketplace. Merrill Lynch, a leading global dealer providing its clients with in-depth knowledge and expertise for a wide range of products is the latest global liquidity provider to join CanDeal’s Government of Canada and Provincial bond trading platforms.Lynn Patterson, President, Merrill Lynch Canada said, "Participating in CanDeal reinforces our commitment to the Canadian marketplace and our leadership position in servicing our global institutional client base. CanDeal’s success is consistent with the experience that we have seen in other major markets. Canadian institutional fixed income investors have embraced electronic trading and we look forward to providing our clients, inside and outside of Canada, with all the benefits of online execution." Jayson Horner, President and CEO of CanDeal, added, "I am pleased to welcome another premier global financial services organization to the CanDeal marketplace. This development is a testament to the value that CanDeal has created for investment dealers as an effective means of serving clients and complementing global strategies.”The evolution of CanDeal in the Canadian debt capital markets has been a material step towards providing a superior environment for trade execution and post trade efficiencies. As the importance of best execution, compliance, transaction archiving and automated trade processing escalate; CanDeal provides proven and cost effective solutions that will ensure the long term global competitive position of the Canadian debt capital markets and its participants.About CanDeal CanDeal is Canada's leading multi-dealer to institutional investor online debt securities marketplace (www.candeal.ca). CanDeal's world class platform provides its global participants with continuous access to the deepest pool of liquidity for Canadian fixed income products. CanDeal delivers the market making power of eleven leading investment dealers. In partnership with Thomson TradeWeb, the network also offers Canadian institutional investors access to a wide range of U.S. and European debt products.The CanDeal electronic marketplace is open and available to all institutional investors and investment dealers in North America. In addition to straight through-processing, online trade allocations, real time trade blotters and confirmations, CanDeal is also a leading innovator in the fixed income markets for best execution, superior compliance & audit measurement and benchmarking. CanDeal also provides a real time market data price feed for fixed income securities.About Merrill Lynch CanadaMerrill Lynch Canada, with offices in Toronto, Calgary, Montreal and Vancouver provides investment banking, advisory services, equity and debt trading and sales, and research products and services to institutional, corporate and government clients.  With the largest wholesale presence of any global investment bank in Canada, Merrill Lynch is uniquely positioned to provide its clients with both domestic and global solutions.Merrill Lynch is one of the world’s leading wealth management, capital markets and advisory companies with offices in 36 countries and territories and total client assets of approximately $1.8 trillion.  As an investment bank, it is a leading global trader and underwriter of securities and derivatives across a broad range of asset classes and serves as a strategic advisor to corporations, governments, institutions, and individuals worldwide.  Through Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, the company is one of the world’s largest managers of financial assets.  Firmwide, assets under management total $581 billion.  For more information on Merrill Lynch, please visit www.ml.com. 

Toronto, Ontario, July 6, 2006 – CanDeal, Canada’s leader in online debt securities trading, today announced that JPMorgan Securities Canada has become the 12th dealer participant to join the CanDeal marketplace.JPMorgan is a leading global financial services firm with assets of $1.3 trillion and operations in more than 50 countries. The firm is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers, small business and commercial banking, financial transaction processing, asset and wealth management, and private equity. The CanDeal marketplace provides its institutional investor participants with access to the deepest pool of liquidity for Canadian fixed income products and CanDeal dealers have the opportunity to receive trade flows from institutional investors in over 30 countries. CanDeal’s unique functionality benefits the buy and sell-side community with technology driven solutions that increase trade cycle efficiencies and significantly reduce operating risks.“CanDeal has attracted the best liquidity providers in Canada.” said Jayson Horner, President and CEO of CanDeal. “We are thrilled to have JPMorgan on board. As a leading global dealer with significant expertise in serving clients in the electronic markets, JPM will certainly add value to the liquidity pool available to our institutional investors.”“We look forward to serving the online needs of our global client base in Canadian dollar debt through CanDeal,” Ken Knowles, Managing Director, JPMorgan Securities Canada said. “JPMorgan is a strong participant in leading global electronic platforms and we continue to see markets evolving and growing in this direction,” Knowles said.About CanDeal CanDeal is Canada's leading multi-dealer to institutional investor online debt securities marketplace (www.candeal.ca). CanDeal's world class platform provides its global participants with continuous access to the deepest pool of liquidity for Canadian fixed income products. CanDeal delivers the market making power of twelve leading investment dealers. In partnership with Thomson TradeWeb, the network also offers Canadian institutional investors access to a wide range of U.S. and European debt products.The CanDeal electronic marketplace is open and available to all institutional investors and investment dealers in North America. In addition to straight through-processing, online trade allocations, real time trade blotters and confirmations, CanDeal is also a leading innovator in the fixed income markets for best execution, superior compliance & audit measurement and benchmarking. CanDeal also provides a real time market data price feed for fixed income securities.About JPMorgan Chase JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is a leading global financial services firm with assets of $1.3 trillion and operations in more than 50 countries. The firm is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers, small business and commercial banking, financial transaction processing, asset and wealth management, and private equity. A component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, JPMorgan Chase serves millions of consumers in the United States and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under its JPMorgan and Chase brands. Information about the firm is available at www.jpmorganchase.com. 

Toronto, Canada and London, U.K. (September 20, 2006) - CanDeal, Canada's leader in multi-dealer to client online debt securities trading, and Thomson TradeWeb are pleased to announce that online Canadian debt securities trading is now available to European institutional investors.CanDeal has partnered with Thomson TradeWeb to expand the online trading access of Canadian debt securities for institutional investors globally.  By leveraging TradeWeb’s leading online marketplace for fixed income and derivatives, CanDeal is able to offer European-based investors direct online access to Canada’s leading dealers. Clients in three continents can now take advantage of the trading efficiencies, access to liquidity, and straight-through processing that CanDeal offers. Among the markets that European clients can now trade are: Government of Canada Bonds and T-Bills, Provincial Bonds and Canada Mortgage and Housing Bonds (CMB’s). Canadian Money Market (CAMM) is also available through TradeWeb.Jayson Horner, President and CEO CanDeal said “The liquidity of the leading Canadian dealers is now easily accessible in the same feature-rich trading application already familiar to global fixed income market participants.”   Lee Olesky, President of Thomson TradeWeb added “The launch of Canadian debt securities over TradeWeb in Europe demonstrates the value of TradeWeb’s ‘One Network’ strategy to deliver pricing, trading, and STP solutions from one screen.”The CanDeal dealer network includes the market-making power of 12 Canadian dealers including TD Securities, RBC Capital Markets, CIBC World Markets, Scotia Capital, BMO Nesbitt Burns, National Bank Financial, HSBC (Canada), Casgrain & Company, Laurentian Bank Securities, Desjardins Securities, Merrill Lynch Canada and JP Morgan Securities Canada.About CanDeal CanDeal is Canada's leading multi-dealer to institutional investor online debt securities marketplace (www.candeal.ca). CanDeal's world-class platform provides its global participants with continuous access to the deepest pool of liquidity for Canadian fixed income products. CanDeal delivers the market making power of twelve leading investment dealers. In partnership with Thomson TradeWeb, the network also offers Canadian institutional investors access to a wide range of U.S. and European debt products.The CanDeal electronic marketplace is open and available to institutional investors and investment dealers in North America, Europe and Asia. In addition to straight-through-processing, online trade allocations, real time trade blotters and confirmations, CanDeal is also a leading innovator in the fixed income markets for best execution, superior compliance & audit measurement and benchmarking. CanDeal also provides a real time market data price feed for fixed income securities.  About Thomson TradeWeb TradeWeb is the leading online fixed-income trading network with over 10 million trades executed and total volume surpassing $140 trillion since its inception in 1998. TradeWeb’s multi-dealer auction model links the trading desks of 36 of the world’s leading Fixed-Income dealers with more than 2,200 buy-side institutions in North America, Europe, and Asia. Over $200 billion in trading volume gets executed over TradeWeb each day.The business is also the leading electronic “straight-through processing” network for the fixed-income markets, providing dealers and buy-side institutions with paperless trade allocations and confirmations on its fully-integrated TradeXpress network. TradeWeb’s STP network also includes AccountNet, the first derivatives counterparty management tool and the leading data warehouse for standing settlement instructions and OTC derivatives legal documentation.Thomson TradeWeb operates within the Thomson Financial group of businesses. TradeWeb LLC is a member of the NASD. TradeWeb Europe Limited is regulated by the U.K. Financial Services Authority. 

October 11, 2006 (TORONTO) – Today, CanDeal, Canada’s leader in multi-dealer to client online debt securities trading announced that the total volume of Canadian securities traded on it’s marketplace has surpassed $500 billion. This milestone was accompanied by several other CanDeal statistics that demonstrate increasing acceptance from market professionals who continue to embrace online debt trading as an integral part of their day to day workflow.“Electronic trading of fixed income securities and related products continues to accelerate as the globally preferred methodology, and it is great to see that Canadian participation in this fundamental transformation is so strong,” says Jayson Horner, President and CEO of CanDeal.  Horner adds “With 12 Primary Canadian dealers and an ever expanding list of global institutional investors participating on the network, we believe that the Canadian debt markets are well positioned to remain globally competitive as access to online liquidity becomes the benchmark for which markets will be measured.”   Year-over-year, CanDeal trading activity highlights include:108% increase in the monthly dollar volume traded 118% increase in the average daily dollar volume traded99% increase in the number of daily trades97% increase in the number of daily trade inquiriesAbout CanDealCanDeal is Canada's leading multi-dealer to institutional investor online debt securities marketplace (www.candeal.ca). CanDeal's world-class platform provides its global participants with continuous access to the deepest pool of liquidity for Canadian fixed income products. CanDeal delivers the market making power of twelve leading investment dealers. In partnership with Thomson TradeWeb, the network also offers Canadian institutional investors access to a wide range of U.S. and European debt products.The CanDeal electronic marketplace is open and available to institutional investors and investment dealers in North America, Europe and Asia. In addition to straight-through processing, online trade allocations, real time trade blotters and confirmations, CanDeal is also a leading innovator in the fixed income markets for best execution, superior compliance & audit measurement and benchmarking. CanDeal also provides a real time market data price feed for fixed income securities. 

TORONTO, Ontario (August 8, 2007) – A significant milestone in the history of CanDeal, Canada’s leading online marketplace for debt securities.  CanDeal is pleased to announce One Trillion Dollars in traded volume since inception.CanDeal continues to build considerable momentum.  The dollar volume traded in the past eleven months has surpassed the aggregate volume of all previous years.  “This is a significant milestone for CanDeal,” says Patrick O’Toole, VP of Fixed Income with CIBC Global Asset Management.  “CanDeal offers effective solutions that deliver financial benefits and efficiency gains in a compliance conscious environment, which directly benefit our stakeholders.”CanDeal’s growth is driven by industry demand from both dealers and buy-side participants.  Michael Donnelly, Managing Director, Head of Interest Rate Trading, TD Securities, says “CanDeal complements our growth strategy and our desire to represent Canada by serving our clients through this global marketplace.”Participation by Canada’s industry leading dealers and progressive institutional investors has been material to ensuring the success of CanDeal.  The number of investment dealers making markets on CanDeal has doubled to 12 from the original 6 founding member firms.  CanDeal’s open marketplace has received enthusiastic support from Canadian institutional investors; additionally, nearly one third of CanDeal’s buy-side participants are domiciled outside of Canada.  This international audience is affirmation that electronic trading has been globally accepted as the standard for accessing fixed income liquidity.  “We appreciate the support that we have received from the Canadian investment community and are pleased that leading institutional investors from around the world are seeking us out and putting Canada on their list of preferred world markets” said Jayson Horner, President & CEO, CanDeal.About CanDealCanDeal is Canada’s leading multi-dealer to client marketplace for debt securities (www.candeal.ca).  CanDeal’s best-in-class technology is available to institutional investors in Canada, the United States and Europe.  CanDeal provides immediate online access to Canada’s deepest pool of liquidity for Canadian government bonds and money market instruments.  Through CanDeal, Canadian institutional investors and investment dealers have access to liquidity in a wide range of U.S. and European debt and derivative products.

TORONTO, Ontario (November 13, 2007) – CanDeal is pleased to report a 218% increase in the number of trades executed on its Canadian Money Market (CAMM) trading platform in the second half of its fiscal year, ended October 31, 2007.  “This rapid growth of trades is consistent with the U.S. and European experience and the widespread adoption of online trading in money markets, globally.  All of the leading dealers in the Canadian money market participate on CanDeal”, says Shirley Gallant, Managing Director for CanDeal. CAMM is the only destination where domestic and international institutional investors and treasury managers can sort, filter and view multiple dealer offerings of Canadian money market instruments (BA’s, BDN’s, CP, ABCP, Crown Corporations, Provincial Bills) in a single commingled display.  CAMM can reduce to a matter of seconds the pre-trade discovery, trade execution and the post-trade allocation processes.  Users may trade at dealer-posted levels or electronically negotiate with them on a one-on-one basis.In addition to its commingled-offering platform, CanDeal’s proprietary Request for Quote (CAMM-RFQ) trading protocol allows users to simultaneously solicit firm offerings from multiple dealers.  Using a single-click, clients can trade with one or more dealers to create a diversified position.  CAMM-RFQ is available for Banker’s Acceptances, Bank Deposit Notes and Term Deposits.CanDeal creates a permanent and retrievable compliance archive of every transaction, which details all communications between client and dealer during the trade cycle; including prevailing market levels at the time of the trade and subsequent trade allocations or modifications.“CanDeal is the acknowledged market leader.  We take pride in working with the broadest cross-section of market constituents to build innovative and efficient tools that our clients use, everyday.” says Jayson Horner, President and CEO of CanDeal.  “Unlike other alternatives, CanDeal provides users with the ability to proactively manage counterparty risk and our automated post-trade solutions mitigate the compliance, settlement and market risks associated with telephonic trading.”About CanDeal CanDeal is the leading global online marketplace for Canadian dollar debt securities (www.candeal.ca). CanDeal provides online access to the largest pool of liquidity for Canadian government bonds and money market instruments. CanDeal’s marketplace is available to institutional investors in Canada, the United States and Europe.CanDeal offers Canadian institutional investors and investment dealer’s online access to liquidity in 17 debt and derivative marketplaces operated by Thomson TradeWeb in the United States and Europe.

Montreal Quebec; Toronto Ontario (January 15, 2008) – CanDeal, the leading online marketplace for Canadian dollar debt securities, is pleased to announce that Laurentian Bank Securities (LBS) has joined CanDeal’s Canadian Money Market (CAMM) market as a contributing dealer.In 2006, Laurentian Bank Securities joined CanDeal as a liquidity provider for Government of Canada bonds, Canada Housing Trust - CMB’s and actively traded Provincial bonds. The addition of CAMM, allows LBS to continue on their commitment to meet the needs of new and existing clients by whatever manner they find most effective. “CanDeal provides us with an efficient, low risk dealing environment that complements our distribution strategy.” said Robert Sforza from LBS.LBS is the ninth dealer to join CanDeal’s CAMM market, which recently reported a 218% increase in the number of executed CAMM trades for the second half of its 2007 fiscal year.  Jayson Horner, President and CEO of CanDeal said, “CAMM is the only destination of its kind and is proven effective by institutional money managers that embrace it.   We welcome Laurentian’s contributions to this new market.”About CanDealCanDeal is the leading online marketplace for Canadian dollar debt securities (www.candeal.ca). CanDeal provides online access to the largest pool of liquidity for Canadian government bonds and money market instruments.  CanDeal’s marketplace is available to institutional investors in Canada, the United States and Europe. CanDeal offers Canadian institutional investors and investment dealer’s online access to liquidity in 15 debt and derivative marketplaces operated by Thomson TradeWeb in the United States, Europe and Asia.