Standard & Poor’s introduces a new RatingsDirect Global Credit Portal. The application with expanded content and added market views will integrate seamlessly into the workflow of market participants allowing them to perform efficient credit risk-driven analysis.
Incorporating feedback from thousands of global RatingsDirect users including credit analysts, portfolio managers, risk managers, treasurers, originators and traders, the new tool will provide sector, sub-sector, industry and entity views to help conduct surveillance, monitor counterparty risk and perform credit analysis.
RatingsDirect Global Credit Portal performs the following functions:
-Aggregates intelligence at the sector, sub-sector and industry level with critical insights including recent developments, ratings migrations and distributions, biggest movers by Credit Default Swap (CDS) spreads, and industry snapshots;
-Offers deep-dive data at the entity, instrument and deal level for structured assets including expanded collateral and performance data and graphical views of deal participants;
-Compares S&P credit ratings to Derived Ratings that incorporate CDS spreads;
-Provides additional research content based on market movements and views including Standard &
Poor’s Market, Credit and Risk Strategies, which specializes in cross-asset class research, and Leveraged Commentary & Data, which concentrates on the leveraged loan market place;
-Enables enhanced portfolio surveillance with user-directed tracking and peer comparison tools;
-Facilitates the process of monitoring developments on specific credits with the ability to integrate third-party news from the trade press, industry media and corporations.
“The new RatingsDirect will serve as a portal giving direct access to Standard & Poor’s proprietary credit and structured asset content,” says Lou Eccleston, executive managing director, Standard & Poor’s. “It is focused on optimizing the user experience to help make analytical efforts as relevant and efficient as possible. RatingsDirect has been designed to support our clients’ decision-making with actionable credit market intelligence that meets the needs of their specific job functions.”
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