Combined global sales and marketing operations will offer the largest independent valuation coverage available through one channel, facilitating risk management and regulatory compliance

NEW YORK, June 17, 2008 – Recognizing the need of financial markets for readily accessible and comprehensive pricing capabilities across a broad spectrum of cash, structured and derivative instruments, Standard & Poor's Securities Evaluations, Inc. (SPSE), a leading global provider of independent securities evaluations, and SuperDerivatives®, a leading provider of derivatives pricing, revaluation and risk management solutions, today announced that they have signed an agreement to establish a strategic sales and marketing alliance to combine their valuation offerings for fixed income securities (cash and structured products) and all major OTC (over the counter) and exchange- traded derivative asset classes into one sales and marketing channel.

This new alliance will offer the broadest coverage of asset classes and geographical reach available, combining the technological and market strengths of ...   more »