As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 30, 2002
                                                  Registration No. 333-
===============================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                                 --------------


                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                                  ------------


                          INTERACTIVE DATA CORPORATION
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

              Delaware                                      13-3668779
(State or Other Jurisdiction of                        (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)                         Identification No.)



                  22 Crosby Drive, Bedford, Massachusetts 01730
                                 (781) 687-8800
           (Address of Principal Executive Offices including zip code)
                                  -------------

         Interactive Data Corporation 2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
        Interactive Data Corporation UK Savings Related Share Option Plan
                            (Full Title of the Plans)
                                  ------------

                                 Andrea H. Loew
                                 General Counsel
                                 22 Crosby Drive
                          Bedford, Massachusetts 01730
                                 (781) 687-8800
            (Name, address and telephone number of Agent For Service)
                                  -------------

                                    Copy to:
                             William J. Curry, Esq.
                            Sullivan & Worcester LLP
                             One Post Office Square
                           Boston, Massachusetts 02109
                                 (617) 338-2800
                                ----------------

If, as a result of stock splits,  stock dividends or similar  transactions,  the
number of securities  purported to be registered on this Registration  Statement
changes, the provisions of Rule 416 shall apply to this Registration Statement.

<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                          CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

                                                       Proposed           Proposed Maximum
   Title of Securities         Amount to be        Maximum Offering           Aggregate              Amount of
     to be Registered           Registered        Price Per Share(1)      Offering Price(1)      Registration Fee
     ----------------           ----------        ------------------      -----------------      ----------------

<S>                             <C>                    <C>                  <C>                    <C>

Common Stock, par value
$.01 per share                   2,000,000              $14.225              $28,450,000             $2,617.40

<FN>
(1)      The proposed  maximum offering price per share and the proposed maximum
         aggregate  offering price have been estimated solely for the purpose of
         calculating the amount of the registration fee in accordance with Rules
         457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,  on the
         basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Common  Stock on
         the NASDAQ on January 24, 2002.
</FN>
</TABLE>



<PAGE>
          PART I - INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

Item 1. Plan  Information;  Item 2.  Registrant  Information  and Employee  Plan
Annual Information.

         The documents  containing the information  required by these items will
be given to employees  participating  in the Interactive  Data  Corporation 2001
Employee Stock Purchase Plan and Interactive Data Corporation UK Savings Related
Share Option Plan (together,  the "Plans") and are not required to be filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission as part of the registration  statement or
as an exhibit thereto.

         Employees participating in the Plans may obtain, without charge, a copy
of the applicable  Plan or the documents set forth in Item 3, below,  by request
to Director of  Compensation  and Benefits,  Interactive  Data  Corporation,  22
Crosby Drive, Bedford, Massachusetts 01730 ((781) 687-8800).


          PART II - INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

         The  following  documents,  which have been filed by  Interactive  Data
Corporation  (the  "Company")  with the Securities and Exchange  Commission (the
"Commission"),  are  incorporated  by  reference  in and  made a  part  of  this
registration statement:

         (a)      The  Company's  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
                  ended December 31, 2000;

         (b)      The Company's  Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters
                  ended March 31, 2001, June 30, 2001 and September 30, 2001;

         (c)      The  Company's  Current  Reports  on Form 8-K  filed  with the
                  Commission on January 23, 2001 and June 27, 2001; and

         (d)      Our  Registration  Statement  on Form  S-3  (Registration  No.
                  333-21557),  filed with the  Commission  on February 11, 1997,
                  describing  our common  stock,  including  any  amendments  or
                  reports   filed  for  the   purpose  of   updating   any  such
                  description.

         All documents  subsequently  filed by the Company  pursuant to Sections
13(a),  13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
prior to the  filing of a  post-effective  amendment  which  indicates  that all
securities  offered  have been sold or which  deregisters  all  securities  then
remaining  unsold,  shall be  deemed to be  incorporated  by  reference  in this
registration  statement  and to be part  hereof  from the date of filing of such
documents.

         Any  statement  contained  in a document  incorporated  or deemed to be
incorporated  by reference  herein shall be deemed to be modified or  superseded
for  purposes  of this  registration  statement  to the extent  that a statement
herein,  or in any subsequently  filed document which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference,  modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement
so  modified  or  superseded  shall  not be  deemed,  except as so  modified  or
superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

         Not applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

         Not applicable.


                                      II-1
<PAGE>
Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

         Section 145 of the Delaware General  Corporation Law ("DGCL") provides,
in effect, that any person made a party to any action by reason of the fact that
he/she is or was a director,  officer, employee or agent of the Company may and,
in certain cases,  must be indemnified by the Company against,  in the case of a
non-derivative  action,  judgments,   fines,  amounts  paid  in  settlement  and
reasonable  expenses  (including  attorney's  fees), if in either type of action
he/she acted in good faith and in a manner he/she  reasonably  believed to be in
or not opposed to the best  interests  of the Company  and, in a  non-derivative
action,  which  involves a  criminal  proceeding,  in which  such  person had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.  This indemnification does
not apply,  in a derivative  action,  to matters as to which it is adjudged that
the director,  officer,  employee or agent is liable to the Company, unless upon
court order it is determined that,  despite such adjudication of liability,  but
in view of all the  circumstances  of the case,  he/she is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnity for expenses.

         The Company's  Amended and Restated  Certificate of  Incorporation,  as
amended, and Article VII of the Company's By-Laws provide, in general,  that the
Company  shall  indemnify its  directors  and officers  under the  circumstances
defined in Section 145.

         Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to directors,  officers, or persons controlling the Company
pursuant to the foregoing provisions,  the Company has been informed that in the
opinion of the  Commission,  such  indemnification  is against  public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

         Not Applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.
                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

    Exhibit No.       Description

         5.1      Opinion of Sullivan & Worcester LLP.*

         23.1     Consent of Sullivan & Worcester LLP  (contained in the opinion
                  of Sullivan & Worcester LLP filed herewith as Exhibit 5.1).

         23.2     Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.*

         24       Power  of  Attorney   (included  in  signature  page  of  this
                  Registration Statement).

*Filed herewith.

Item 9.  Undertakings.

         (a)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

                  (1) to file,  during any  period in which  offers or sales are
         being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

                  (i)      to  include  any   prospectus   required  by  Section
                           10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

                  (ii)     to  reflect  in the  prospectus  any  facts or events
                           arising after the effective date of the  registration
                           statement   (or  the   most   recent   post-effective
                           amendment  thereof)  which,  individually  or in  the
                           aggregate,  represent  a  fundamental  change  in the
                           information set forth in the registration  statement.
                           Notwithstanding   the  foregoing,   any  increase  or
                           decrease  in volume  of  securities  offered  (if the
                           total dollar value of  securities  offered  would not
                           exceed that which was  registered)  and any deviation
                           from  the low or high  and of the  estimated  maximum
                           offering  range  may  be  reflected  in the  form  of
                           prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
                           424(b) if, in the  aggregate,  the  changes in volume
                           and price represent no more than 20 percent change in
                           the maximum aggregate offering

                                      II-2

<PAGE>

                           price set forth in the  "Calculation  of Registration
                           Fee" table in the effective registration statement;

                  (iii)    to include any material  information  with respect to
                           the plan of distribution not previously  disclosed in
                           the registration  statement or any material change to
                           such information in the registration statement;

         provided,  however,  that  paragraphs  (a)(1)(i) and  (a)(1)(ii) do not
         apply if the  information  required to be included in a  post-effective
         amendment by those  paragraphs  is contained in periodic  reports filed
         with or  furnished  to the  Commission  by the  registrant  pursuant to
         Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that
         are incorporated by reference in the registration statement;

                  (2) that, for the purpose of determining  any liability  under
         the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be
         deemed to be a new  registration  statement  relating to the securities
         offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
         be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and

                  (3) to remove from  registration by means of a  post-effective
         amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at
         the termination of the offering.

         (b) The undersigned  registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining  any liability  under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
registrant's  annual  report  pursuant to Section  13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934  (and,  where  applicable,  each  filing of an
employee  benefit  plan's  annual  report  pursuant  to  Section  15(d)  of  the
Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934)  that is  incorporated  by  reference  in the
registration  statement  shall  be  deemed  to be a new  registration  statement
relating to the securities offered therein,  and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

         (c)  Insofar  as  indemnification  for  liabilities  arising  under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors,  officers and  controlling
persons of the registrant  pursuant to the foregoing  provisions,  or otherwise,
the  registrant  has been  advised  that in the opinion of the  Commission  such
indemnification  is  against  public  policy  as  expressed  in that Act and is,
therefore,  unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities  (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director,  officer or  controlling  person of the registrant in the
successful  defense of any  action,  suit or  proceeding)  is  asserted  by such
director,  officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been  settled by  controlling  precedent,  submit to a court of  appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such  indemnification  by it is against public
policy as  expressed in the  Securities  Act of 1933 and will be governed by the
final adjudication of such issue.

                                      II-3

<PAGE>
                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company
certifies  that it has  reasonable  grounds to believe  that it meets all of the
requirements  for  filing  on Form S-8 and has  duly  caused  this  registration
statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized, in the City of Bedford, Commonwealth of Massachusetts,  on this 30th
day of January, 2002.

                                INTERACTIVE DATA CORPORATION




                                By:    /s/ Stuart J. Clark
                                       Stuart J. Clark
                                       Chief Executive Officer

         The undersigned  Officers and Directors of the Company hereby severally
constitute Stuart J. Clark, Steven G. Crane and Andrea H. Loew, and each of them
acting singly,  our true and lawful attorneys to sign for us and in our names in
the capacities indicated below any amendments to this registration  statement on
Form S-8 (including any post-effective  amendments hereto) and to file the same,
with  Exhibits  thereto and other  documents in connection  therewith,  with the
Commission,  granting unto each of said attorneys, acting singly, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing  requisite or necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person,  hereby  ratifying and confirming our signatures to
said amendments to this registration  statement signed by our said attorneys and
all else  that said  attorneys  may  lawfully  do and cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of  1933,  this
registration  statement has been signed below by the following persons on behalf
of the Company in the capacities indicated on the 30th day of January, 2002.

    Signatures                                  Title
    ----------                                  -----

/s/ Stuart J. Clark
Stuart J. Clark                  President, Chief Executive Officer and Director




/s/ Steven G. Crane
Steven G. Crane                  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
                                 Officer (principal financial and accounting
                                 officer)



/s/ Stephen Hill
Stephen Hill                     Chairman of the Board




/s/ William T. Ethridge
William T. Ethridge              Director



/s/ John Fallon
John Fallon                      Director

<PAGE>


/s/ Donald P. Greenberg
Donald P. Greenberg              Director




/s/ Alan J. Hirschfield
Alan J. Hirschfield              Director




/s/ Philip J. Hoffman
Philip J. Hoffman                Director




/s/ Giles Spackman
Giles Spackman                   Director




/s/ Carl Spielvogel
Carl Spielvogel                  Director




/s/ Allan R. Tessler
Allan R. Tessler                 Director
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 30, 2002
                                                  Registration No. 333-
===============================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                                 --------------

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                                  ------------

                          INTERACTIVE DATA CORPORATION
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

              Delaware                                      13-3668779
(State or Other Jurisdiction of                        (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)                         Identification No.)

                  22 Crosby Drive, Bedford, Massachusetts 01730
                                 (781) 687-8800
           (Address of Principal Executive Offices including zip code)
                                  -------------

         Interactive Data Corporation 2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
        Interactive Data Corporation UK Savings Related Share Option Plan
                            (Full Title of the Plans)
                                  ------------

                                 Andrea H. Loew
                                 General Counsel
                                 22 Crosby Drive
                          Bedford, Massachusetts 01730
                                 (781) 687-8800
            (Name, address and telephone number of Agent For Service)
                                  -------------

                                    Copy to:
                             William J. Curry, Esq.
                            Sullivan & Worcester LLP
                             One Post Office Square
                           Boston, Massachusetts 02109
                                 (617) 338-2800
                                ----------------

If, as a result of stock splits,  stock dividends or similar  transactions,  the
number of securities  purported to be registered on this Registration  Statement
changes, the provisions of Rule 416 shall apply to this Registration Statement.
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

                                                       Proposed           Proposed Maximum
   Title of Securities         Amount to be        Maximum Offering           Aggregate              Amount of
     to be Registered           Registered        Price Per Share(1)      Offering Price(1)      Registration Fee
     ----------------           ----------        ------------------      -----------------      ----------------
Common Stock, par value
$.01 per share                   2,000,000              $14.225              $28,450,000             $2,617.40
(1)      The proposed  maximum offering price per share and the proposed maximum
         aggregate  offering price have been estimated solely for the purpose of
         calculating the amount of the registration fee in accordance with Rules
         457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,  on the
         basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Common  Stock on
         the NASDAQ on January 24, 2002.
PART I - INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

Item 1. Plan  Information;  Item 2.  Registrant  Information  and Employee  Plan
Annual Information.

         The documents  containing the information  required by these items will
be given to employees  participating  in the Interactive  Data  Corporation 2001
Employee Stock Purchase Plan and Interactive Data Corporation UK Savings Related
Share Option Plan (together,  the "Plans") and are not required to be filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission as part of the registration  statement or
as an exhibit thereto.

         Employees participating in the Plans may obtain, without charge, a copy
of the applicable  Plan or the documents set forth in Item 3, below,  by request
to Director of  Compensation  and Benefits,  Interactive  Data  Corporation,  22
Crosby Drive, Bedford, Massachusetts 01730 ((781) 687-8800).

          PART II - INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

         The  following  documents,  which have been filed by  Interactive  Data
Corporation  (the  "Company")  with the Securities and Exchange  Commission (the
"Commission"),  are  incorporated  by  reference  in and  made a  part  of  this
registration statement:

         (a)      The  Company's  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
                  ended December 31, 2000;

         (b)      The Company's  Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters
                  ended March 31, 2001, June 30, 2001 and September 30, 2001;

         (c)      The  Company's  Current  Reports  on Form 8-K  filed  with the
                  Commission on January 23, 2001 and June 27, 2001; and

         (d)      Our  Registration  Statement  on Form  S-3  (Registration  No.
                  333-21557),  filed with the  Commission  on February 11, 1997,
                  describing  our common  stock,  including  any  amendments  or
                  reports   filed  for  the   purpose  of   updating   any  such
                  description.

         All documents  subsequently  filed by the Company  pursuant to Sections
13(a),  13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
prior to the  filing of a  post-effective  amendment  which  indicates  that all
securities  offered  have been sold or which  deregisters  all  securities  then
remaining  unsold,  shall be  deemed to be  incorporated  by  reference  in this
registration  statement  and to be part  hereof  from the date of filing of such
documents.

         Any  statement  contained  in a document  incorporated  or deemed to be
incorporated  by reference  herein shall be deemed to be modified or  superseded
for  purposes  of this  registration  statement  to the extent  that a statement
herein,  or in any subsequently  filed document which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference,  modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement
so  modified  or  superseded  shall  not be  deemed,  except as so  modified  or
superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

         Not applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

         Not applicable.

                                      II-1
Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

         Section 145 of the Delaware General  Corporation Law ("DGCL") provides,
in effect, that any person made a party to any action by reason of the fact that
he/she is or was a director,  officer, employee or agent of the Company may and,
in certain cases,  must be indemnified by the Company against,  in the case of a
non-derivative  action,  judgments,   fines,  amounts  paid  in  settlement  and
reasonable  expenses  (including  attorney's  fees), if in either type of action
he/she acted in good faith and in a manner he/she  reasonably  believed to be in
or not opposed to the best  interests  of the Company  and, in a  non-derivative
action,  which  involves a  criminal  proceeding,  in which  such  person had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.  This indemnification does
not apply,  in a derivative  action,  to matters as to which it is adjudged that
the director,  officer,  employee or agent is liable to the Company, unless upon
court order it is determined that,  despite such adjudication of liability,  but
in view of all the  circumstances  of the case,  he/she is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnity for expenses.

         The Company's  Amended and Restated  Certificate of  Incorporation,  as
amended, and Article VII of the Company's By-Laws provide, in general,  that the
Company  shall  indemnify its  directors  and officers  under the  circumstances
defined in Section 145.

         Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to directors,  officers, or persons controlling the Company
pursuant to the foregoing provisions,  the Company has been informed that in the
opinion of the  Commission,  such  indemnification  is against  public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

         Not Applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.
                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

    Exhibit No.       Description

         5.1      Opinion of Sullivan & Worcester LLP.*

         23.1     Consent of Sullivan & Worcester LLP  (contained in the opinion
                  of Sullivan & Worcester LLP filed herewith as Exhibit 5.1).

         23.2     Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.*

         24       Power  of  Attorney   (included  in  signature  page  of  this
                  Registration Statement).

*Filed herewith.

Item 9.  Undertakings.

         (a)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

                  (1) to file,  during any  period in which  offers or sales are
         being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

                  (i)      to  include  any   prospectus   required  by  Section
                           10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

                  (ii)     to  reflect  in the  prospectus  any  facts or events
                           arising after the effective date of the  registration
                           statement   (or  the   most   recent   post-effective
                           amendment  thereof)  which,  individually  or in  the
                           aggregate,  represent  a  fundamental  change  in the
                           information set forth in the registration  statement.
                           Notwithstanding   the  foregoing,   any  increase  or
                           decrease  in volume  of  securities  offered  (if the
                           total dollar value of  securities  offered  would not
                           exceed that which was  registered)  and any deviation
                           from  the low or high  and of the  estimated  maximum
                           offering  range  may  be  reflected  in the  form  of
                           prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
                           424(b) if, in the  aggregate,  the  changes in volume
                           and price represent no more than 20 percent change in
                           the maximum aggregate offering

                                      II-2
price set forth in the  "Calculation  of Registration
                           Fee" table in the effective registration statement;

                  (iii)    to include any material  information  with respect to
                           the plan of distribution not previously  disclosed in
                           the registration  statement or any material change to
                           such information in the registration statement;

         provided,  however,  that  paragraphs  (a)(1)(i) and  (a)(1)(ii) do not
         apply if the  information  required to be included in a  post-effective
         amendment by those  paragraphs  is contained in periodic  reports filed
         with or  furnished  to the  Commission  by the  registrant  pursuant to
         Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that
         are incorporated by reference in the registration statement;

                  (2) that, for the purpose of determining  any liability  under
         the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be
         deemed to be a new  registration  statement  relating to the securities
         offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
         be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and

                  (3) to remove from  registration by means of a  post-effective
         amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at
         the termination of the offering.

         (b) The undersigned  registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining  any liability  under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
registrant's  annual  report  pursuant to Section  13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934  (and,  where  applicable,  each  filing of an
employee  benefit  plan's  annual  report  pursuant  to  Section  15(d)  of  the
Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934)  that is  incorporated  by  reference  in the
registration  statement  shall  be  deemed  to be a new  registration  statement
relating to the securities offered therein,  and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

         (c)  Insofar  as  indemnification  for  liabilities  arising  under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors,  officers and  controlling
persons of the registrant  pursuant to the foregoing  provisions,  or otherwise,
the  registrant  has been  advised  that in the opinion of the  Commission  such
indemnification  is  against  public  policy  as  expressed  in that Act and is,
therefore,  unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities  (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director,  officer or  controlling  person of the registrant in the
successful  defense of any  action,  suit or  proceeding)  is  asserted  by such
director,  officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been  settled by  controlling  precedent,  submit to a court of  appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such  indemnification  by it is against public
policy as  expressed in the  Securities  Act of 1933 and will be governed by the
final adjudication of such issue.

                                      II-3
SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company
certifies  that it has  reasonable  grounds to believe  that it meets all of the
requirements  for  filing  on Form S-8 and has  duly  caused  this  registration
statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized, in the City of Bedford, Commonwealth of Massachusetts,  on this 30th
day of January, 2002.

                                INTERACTIVE DATA CORPORATION

                                By:    /s/ Stuart J. Clark
                                       Stuart J. Clark
                                       Chief Executive Officer

         The undersigned  Officers and Directors of the Company hereby severally
constitute Stuart J. Clark, Steven G. Crane and Andrea H. Loew, and each of them
acting singly,  our true and lawful attorneys to sign for us and in our names in
the capacities indicated below any amendments to this registration  statement on
Form S-8 (including any post-effective  amendments hereto) and to file the same,
with  Exhibits  thereto and other  documents in connection  therewith,  with the
Commission,  granting unto each of said attorneys, acting singly, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing  requisite or necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person,  hereby  ratifying and confirming our signatures to
said amendments to this registration  statement signed by our said attorneys and
all else  that said  attorneys  may  lawfully  do and cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of  1933,  this
registration  statement has been signed below by the following persons on behalf
of the Company in the capacities indicated on the 30th day of January, 2002.

    Signatures                                  Title
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/s/ Stuart J. Clark
Stuart J. Clark                  President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

/s/ Steven G. Crane
Steven G. Crane                  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
                                 Officer (principal financial and accounting
                                 officer)

/s/ Stephen Hill
Stephen Hill                     Chairman of the Board

/s/ William T. Ethridge
William T. Ethridge              Director

/s/ John Fallon
John Fallon                      Director
/s/ Donald P. Greenberg
Donald P. Greenberg              Director

/s/ Alan J. Hirschfield
Alan J. Hirschfield              Director

/s/ Philip J. Hoffman
Philip J. Hoffman                Director

/s/ Giles Spackman
Giles Spackman                   Director

/s/ Carl Spielvogel
Carl Spielvogel                  Director

/s/ Allan R. Tessler
Allan R. Tessler                 Director