Merriman Curhan Ford & Co.'s Institutional Cash Distributors (ICD) Announces Strategic Partnership With Clearwater Analytics

  
    
  
  
    
      Merriman Curhan Ford & Co.’s Institutional 
      Cash Distributors (ICD) division today announced a strategic partnership 
      with Clearwater Analytics, which will combine the best of breed portal 
      technology with world-class analytics and portfolio reporting. ICD 
      expects the technology integration to be completed by the end of 
      February 2008.
    
    
      Clearwater Analytics’ fully integrated 
      investment solution will greatly improve ICD clients’ 
      Sarbanes-Oxley management processes related to their money fund 
      investments in the following ways:
    
    
      
        Clearwater’s accounting features will allow 
        clients to record accruals based on fiscal cycle or calendar month 
        with flexibility of accounting period;
      
      
        The compliance reporting function will customize a client’s 
        profile to their organization’s investment 
        guidelines and inform clients when they are out of compliance; and,
      
      
        Fund performance comparisons will easily show the best performing 
        products over a customized period, allowing clients to invest in funds 
        that maximize investment returns.
      
    
    
      “The joint technologies will help bridge the 
      gap between money market fund and managed investment portfolio 
      reporting, which historically have been two separate functions,” 
      said Tom Knight, Senior Vice President of Business Development and 
      Treasurer of ICD. “By combining the two on a 
      single platform, corporate treasury departments will gain additional 
      efficiencies and have visibility into their entire portfolio in a single 
      location on their desktop. In addition, our customers will be able to 
      better manage their investment policy requirements across all investment 
      classes worldwide.”
    
    
      In addition, Institutional Cash Distributors recently added several fund 
      families to its already robust lineup. In an effort to meet growing 
      demand and keep the “best in class” 
      funds available, the following fund families will be available to ICD 
      clients:
    
    
      
        Barclay’s Global Investors
      
      
        Royal Bank of Scotland
      
      
        Northern Trust
      
      
        The Reserve Funds
      
      
        Deutsche Bank’s Offshore Funds
      
      
        Standard Chartered
      
    
    
      A complete list of available funds can be found at the ICD website (www.icdfunds.com).
    
    
      About Clearwater Analytics
    
    
      Clearwater Analytics is an independent company focused on meeting the 
      needs of financial professionals in a dynamic industry. Built by 
      professionals with decades of experience mastering the intricacies of 
      investment strategy and reporting, Clearwater Analytics offers unique 
      solutions to those challenges today. Clearwater’s 
      team blends expertise in finance, accounting, investment and technology 
      to deliver comprehensive customer solutions. Clearwater’s 
      personnel represent a broad array of specialists, from investment 
      bankers to financial analysts to accountants with Big Four experience. 
      Their development group, experts in building financial systems, utilizes 
      the most effective and latest technology. Extensive experience in 
      computer software development engenders innovative solutions to everyday 
      challenges.
    
    
      About Institutional Cash Distributors (ICD)
    
    
      Institutional Cash Distributors (“ICD”) 
      is a premier broker of money funds serving the short-term investing 
      needs of corporate finance departments at companies throughout the 
      United States and Europe. Companies using ICD’s 
      services receive access to a comprehensive product line of over 40 
      different fund family options through ICD’s 
      one-stop process that includes one application, one wire and one 
      statement consolidating reporting regardless of the number of funds 
      utilized. Further information about ICD’s 
      services can be found at www.icdfunds.com 
      or by contacting Mason Martin at 1-800-611-4ICD. ICD is a division of 
      Merriman Curhan Ford & Co., a member of the Financial Industry 
      Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and SIPC.
    
    
      About Merriman Curhan Ford & Co.
    
    
      Merriman Curhan Ford & Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of MCF Corporation 
      (AMEX:MEM), is an investment bank and securities broker-dealer focused 
      on fast-growing companies and growth-oriented institutional investors. 
      It provides investment research, brokerage and trading services 
      primarily to institutions, as well as advisory and investment banking 
      services to corporate clients. Its mission is to become a leader in 
      researching, advising, financing, trading and investing in fast-growing 
      companies. Merriman Curhan Ford & Co. is registered with the Securities 
      and Exchange Commission as a broker-dealer and is a member of the 
      Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and SIPC.