CMA today announced the launch of two new Intraday CDS data services, which deliver independent, intraday credit pricing data to front and middle office professionals on a near live basis.
Accurate bid-offer prices are based on actual quotes observed in the market and unique liquidity metrics provide valuable information on the breadth and depth of the market.
Gurbinder Bansal, Head of Product Marketing at CMA, explains: "There is a definite trend towards more flexible risk management practises, with investors expecting more transparency and requiring their books to be marked same day and intraday. At the same time, credit quality is now widely recognised as a key driver of risk and therefore up-to-the minute CDS data is now critical even for investors who are not credit specialists. As far as we are aware, our intraday CDS data pricing services are the most comprehensive currently available in terms of coverage, quality and depth of data."
The new service for the middle office, CMA Datavision Intraday CDS represents an expansion of our existing end-of-day service to help meet the growing demand for more timely and flexible risk management practices. Clients can receive full credit curves on the hour, every hour from 08:00 - 22:00 London time, spanning the London open through to the New York trading close. In addition, the data contains unique liquidity metrics, such as quote frequency and average bid-offer spreads, bringing much sought after transparency to the market. This means that clients can verify prices, create flash profit and loss and value books on-demand with the confidence that they have the most reliable and current pricing data.
The new front office service, CMA Quotevision Creditpulse serves as an entry point for traders and investment managers wanting to follow the global OTC credit market as it evolves. A close to real-time tick-by-tick feed from the institutional CDS market provides a clear, structured view of indicative quotes observed in the market. Access to such high quality, timely data gives the ability to track market sentiment and understand its impact on positions throughout the trading day.
CMA Intraday CDS data services are available directly from CMA and key channel partners.