Press Release - 26 August 2008

CMA, the credit information specialist, today announced the release of DataVision 2.1, an upgraded and expanded version of its market leading, same-day price verification service for the OTC credit derivatives market, much favored by buy-side institutions.

DataVision provides portfolio and risk managers with independent price verification for CDS, indices and tranches based on a unique buy-side consortium model. DataVision 2.1 will include enhanced curve modeling and additional features including improved Bid-Offer Spreads, Cumulative Probability of Default, PV01 calculations, Hazard Rates and Liquidity Metrics as part of the end-of day file. The expanded data set will be made available both to users who receive the data directly from CMA and those who access the data through CMA's distribution partners.

This is the first major product release from CMA since it was acquired by CME Group in March this year and follows on from an announcement ...   more »