NYSSA CHALLENGE GETS UNDERWAY

New York -- January 11, 2008 -- The New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA) announced that W. P. Carey & Co. LLC (NYSE: WPC) is the subject company for the 6th Annual Investment Research Challenge. W. P. Carey & Co. LLC, a leading global investment manager and provider of long-term net lease financing for companies worldwide, will give a presentation on their company to the students in early February.

The Investment Research Challenge is an eight-month educational initiative in which leading industry professionals teach business and finance students how to research and report on a publicly traded company. It consists of training in research and report writing, analysis of a public company, mentoring by a professional research analyst, assessment of written reports, and presentation of research to a high-profile panel of Wall Street experts. NYSSA introduced the Challenge as a means to promote best practices in research among the next generation of analysts.

Participating universities in this year’s challenge are Baruch College's Zicklin School of Business, Columbia Business School, Fordham University's College of Business Administration, NYU Stern School of Business, Pace University's Lubin School of Business, The Peter J. Tobin College of Business at St. John's University, Rutgers Business School-Newark and New Brunswick, Stillman School of Business at Seton Hall University, and new to this year's challenge, Hofstra University's Frank G. Zarb School of Business.

The Gold Sponsor, EDGAR Online (Nasdaq: EDGR), is supplying students with access to its award winning I-Metrix product, a suite of interactive XBRL data applications and analytical tools that facilitate research. Reuters (Nasdaq: RTRSY) is also a Gold Sponsor and host for the final panel presentation.

The winning team will be selected based on the combined scores for the written report and the presentation and will go onto the Global Finals to compete against teams from across the world. The location for the Global Challenge is Vancouver, BC, Canada, during the CFA Senior Leadership Conference in April.

For more information, please visit www.nyssa.org.

About NYSSA
The New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA) is a leading forum for the investment community since 1937. A not-for-profit educational organization with over 10,000 members, NYSSA is committed to the promotion of best practices and the highest professional and ethical standards in the investment industry. NYSSA is the largest of the more than 135 societies worldwide that make up CFA Institute, which has more than 93,000 members.

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