Boost Commercial Lending Results with Tools in New eBook

Techniques Revealed by Omega Performance’s Credit Expert Improve Underwriting Quality, Decrease Analysis Time & Foster Profitable Customer Relationships

CHARLOTTE, NC, July 31, 2006 -- Omega Performance announced today the release of its complimentary eBook, Diagnosis: Cash-Ache—Analyzing Business Borrowing Causes, authored by Vicki Martell, vice president-product manager, credit and commercial sales. Diagnosis: Cash-Ache provides an in-depth look at a key element of the company’s renowned Decision Strategy—a framework for managing risk and making credit decisions that has been adopted by many of the world’s leading commercial lending organizations to optimize the performance of their lenders.

"When lenders understand the underlying causes that drive a business to need to borrow, they gain critical insights about the business’s credit risks and structure," said Martell. "With these insights, lenders can focus their subsequent analysis on the most critical risk factors, which leads to effective decision making and successful financing solutions. The eBook explores this critical element of Omega Performance’s Decision Strategy and takes readers through each step of analyzing business borrowing causes."

Diagnosis: Cash-Ache includes a Job Aid for Identifying Borrowing Cause from Omega Performance’s Commercial Loans to Business training program—widely recognized as the industry standard for commercial loan training. The Job Aid provides proven methods and formulas readers can use immediately to improve their risk analysis and increase lending effectiveness. Download the eBook, free of charge, by visiting http://www.omega-performance.com/.

Diagnosis: Cash-Ache is the fourth eBook released by Omega Performance. Other eBooks available for complimentary download from the company’s Resource Library at http://www.omega-performance.com are:

About Omega Performance
Omega Performance has enabled more than 2,500 firms worldwide to drive and sustain improved business results. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Informa plc (INF on the London Stock Exchange), the leading international provider of specialist information and services for the academic and scientific, professional, and commercial business communities. Informa has over 150 offices in more than 40 countries and employs over 7,000 staff around the world. Omega Performance is headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., USA, with major offices in Australia, Canada, China, Greece, Nigeria, Singapore, South Africa, and the United Kingdom.