Press release - 24 October 2008
Faced
with the growing complexity of credit-derivative products and the
dramatic consequences suffered by the market since the summer of 2007
due to the sub-prime crisis, Smart Financial Data Hub (SFDH) now
provides financial institutions with a range of functions for modelling
and managing the fundamentals of these products, special purpose
vehicles, complex underlying instruments, and the various financial
stakeholder players.
Although the main credit derivatives are, of course, represented and managed in SFDH's Instrument repository (CDS single name), the application also manages CDS Basket and CDOs. Because the Instrument, OTC and Third Party repositories are so complete, it now supports inter-entity links of any type, which are highly relevant and essential for analysing and measuring the risk inherent in these contracts. For CDS Basket in particular, navigation within the basket gives a view, which is both detailed and aggregated, of the risk related ... more »
Although the main credit derivatives are, of course, represented and managed in SFDH's Instrument repository (CDS single name), the application also manages CDS Basket and CDOs. Because the Instrument, OTC and Third Party repositories are so complete, it now supports inter-entity links of any type, which are highly relevant and essential for analysing and measuring the risk inherent in these contracts. For CDS Basket in particular, navigation within the basket gives a view, which is both detailed and aggregated, of the risk related ... more »
