Appointments, Agreements, Partnerships, and Technical Updates - Analyst Notes on T. Rowe, SL Green, Voya Financial, Digital Realty and Essex Property Trust

NEW YORK, June 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --

Today, Analysts Review released its analysts' notes regarding T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TROW), SL Green Realty Corp. (NYSE: SLG), Voya Financial, Inc. (NYSE: VOYA), Digital Realty Trust Inc. (NYSE: DLR) and Essex Property Trust Inc. (NYSE: ESS). Private wealth members receive these notes ahead of publication. To reserve complementary membership, limited openings are available at: http://www.analystsreview.com/3654-100free.

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T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. Analyst Notes
On June 3, 2014, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (T. Rowe) announced that Brian C. Rogers plans to step down as Portfolio Manager of the T. Rowe Price Equity Income Fund at the end of October 2015. The Company added that he has been managing the fund since 30 years. According to the Company, John D. Linehan, Co-Portfolio Manager of the Institutional Large-Cap Value Fund and Head of U.S. Equity, will succeed Mr. Rogers to become the next portfolio manager for the Equity Income Fund, effective November 1, 2015. The Company stated that after the transition, Mr.Rogers will remain as Company's Chief Investment Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors. T.Rowe added that Bill Stromberg, Head of Equity, will also assume leadership of U.S. Equity, effective immediately and Mr. Linehan will support Mr. Stromberg in the management of U.S. Equity through the end of this year. The full analyst notes on T. Rowe are available to download free of charge at:

http://www.analystsreview.com/Jun-12-2014/TROW/report.pdf

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SL Green Realty Corp. Analyst Notes
On June 5, 2014, SL Green Realty Corp. (SL Green) announced the appointment of its President Andrew W. Mathias to the Company's Board of Directors. Stephen Green, Chairman of the Board, stated, "Andrew is clearly one of the brightest stars in New York City's real estate industry. He has played a critical role in the success and growth of our company since he joined us in 1999. Before joining SL Green, Andrew was intimately involved in our launch as a publicly-traded real estate investment trust in 1997. Over the years, he has demonstrated superb judgment, is an experienced, astute decision-maker, and will no doubt prove to be a great asset to our Board." The Company stated that prior to joining SL Green, Mr. Mathias held different positions with Capital Trust and its predecessor, Victor Capital Group. The full analyst notes on SL Green are available to download free of charge at:

http://www.analystsreview.com/Jun-12-2014/SLG/report.pdf

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Voya Financial, Inc. Analyst Notes
On June 2, 2014, Voya Financial, Inc. (Voya Financial) announced that the Company has entered into an agreement with Milliman, Inc. to outsource the actuarial valuation, modeling and hedging functions for its Closed Block Variable Annuity (CBVA) segment to Milliman. The Company stated that, under the agreement, Milliman will perform the calculation of financial reporting and risk metrics, along with the analytics used to determine hedge positions while, Voya Financial will continue to oversee and manage the CBVA segment and also retain full accountability for assumptions and methodologies, as well as the setting of hedge objectives and execution of hedge positions. Michael Smith, CEO, Insurance Solutions and the Executive with management oversight of Voya Financial's CBVA segment, stated, "Our agreement with Milliman allows us to create a more streamlined framework for the CBVA segment and achieve a more variable cost structure for this run-off block." The Company informed that prior to final implementation, it will complete parallel financial closing actions with Milliman and expects the transition to be completed in 2015. The full analyst notes on Voya Financial are available to download free of charge at:

http://www.analystsreview.com/Jun-12-2014/VOYA/report.pdf

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Digital Realty Trust Inc. Analyst Notes
On June 3, 2014, Digital Realty Trust Inc. (Digital Realty) announced that the Company has partnered with ComputeNext to create the Digital Realty Global Cloud Marketplace (GCM). According to the Company, GCM will offer its clients easy access from Digital Realty's global portfolio of networked data centers to a cloud brokerage, which also enables instant provisioning of on-demand, burstable cloud services from cloud service providers. A. William Stein, Interim CEO and CFO of Digital Realty, stated, "This partnership, in combination with other strategic alliances we are forging - such as those previously announced with tw telecom and Level 3 Communications to enable direct and secure connectivity to Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure - are important initiatives in our ongoing efforts to provide businesses with flexible data center solutions that fit their IT and business strategies." The full analyst notes on Digital Realty are available to download free of charge at:

http://www.analystsreview.com/Jun-12-2014/DLR/report.pdf

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Essex Property Trust Inc. Analyst Notes
On June 9, 2014, Essex Property Trust Inc.'s stock went down by 1.47%, ending the day at $181.81. For the past three day trading period, the Company's stock dipped by 0.10% compared to the Dow Jones Industrial Average which went up by 1.23% during the same trading period. The full analyst notes on Essex Property Trust are available to download free of charge at:

http://www.analystsreview.com/Jun-12-2014/ESS/report.pdf

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