S&P Valuation and Risk Strategies Teams with Cadis to Provide Investor Analytics

NEW YORK, Nov. 16, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P Valuation and Risk Strategies, an independent and analytically separate business unit within Standard & Poor's that provides users with market intelligence and analytic insight for risk-driven investment analysis, today announced a strategic partnership to provide data and analytics to Cadis, the global enterprise data management (EDM) specialist. The partnership provides rapid access via Cadis software platform to S&P's ratings, evaluated pricing, terms and conditions and cross reference data and analytics.  

"Incorporating S&P ratings and analytics into the Cadis software platform builds upon our 'data as a service' proposition," said Dan Simpson, CEO, Cadis. "Clients want to be able to rapidly access a myriad of data in one place and have one record set. The S&P data set is an important addition to our offering."

Among the broad array of S&P market data and analytics now included in the Cadis EDM Suite are the following:

• Standard & Poor's Credit Ratings: One of the largest global credit ratings databases available, Global Data Solutions includes information on more than 9,100 global issuers; 400 sovereign and US public finance entities; 19,000 structured finance transactions; and nearly one million maturities.

• Evaluated Pricing and Pricing Histories: End-of-day pricing for global fixed income securities and historical bond valuations.

• Fixed Income Terms & Conditions: The Global Data Solutions terms & conditions data set contains real-time fixed income terms and conditions for over two million global corporate, government and agency securities and US municipal securities.

• Cross-Reference Data: With data allowing the matching of security identifiers with the ownership hierarchy for approximately 11 million unique instruments linked to 540,000 Issuers and 315,000 legal entities, Global Data Solutions makes it possible to spot potential counterparty and concentration risks.

"By teaming with Cadis, we are able to deliver our category-leading data and investor analytics to clients within the framework of their existing software," said Jonathan Reeve, Managing Director of Data Solutions & Operations, S&P Valuation and Risk Strategies.  "Cadis users will be able to access global data solutions in an interface they are already familiar with, expediting their data needs in a fully compliant environment," added Rui Carvalho, Managing Director of Global Data Solutions, S&P Valuation and Risk Strategies.

About S&P Valuation and Risk Strategies

S&P Valuation and Risk Strategies delivers a portfolio of products and services to investors that serve the global financial markets by providing market intelligence and analytic insight for risk driven investment analysis, including for the debt, structured finance, derivative and credit markets. S&P Valuation and Risk Strategies is analytically and editorially independent from any other analytical group at Standard & Poor's, including Standard & Poor's Ratings Services.  The unit has no access to non- public information received by other units of Standard & Poor's. Standard & Poor's does not trade on its own account. 

Evaluated pricing is provided by Standard & Poor's Securities Evaluations, Inc. (SPSE), a part of S&P Valuation and Risk Strategies and a registered investment adviser with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.  SPSE provides fixed-income evaluations and analyses of certain U.S. and European fixed income securities using its proprietary Risk-to-Price scoring methodology.  SPSE is analytically and editorially independent from any other analytical group at Standard & Poor's.

Products and services provided by SPSE may not be available in all countries or jurisdictions.

About Standard & Poor's

Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), is the world's foremost provider of independent credit ratings, indices, risk evaluation, investment research and data. With offices in 23 countries and markets, Standard & Poor's is an essential part of the world's financial infrastructure and has played a leading role for 150 years in providing investors with the independent benchmarks they need to feel more confident about their investment and financial decisions. For more information, visit www.standardandpoors.com.

About Cadis

The Cadis platform defines next generation enterprise data management (EDM) software. Our clients are global and include regulators, banks, asset managers, hedge funds, insurance, pension & energy companies. Our award winning EDM platform is used to create gold copy masters across all data types, integrate with outsource service providers, build a tangible data governance and compliance framework, manage index/benchmark data and rationalise legacy architectures. We empower those who understand the data to manage the data, regardless of the challenge. Cadis has a 100% successful implementation record and over 40 clients happy to give references. Cadis' many global implementations are all completed seven to ten times quicker than the industry norm. Cadis empowers the business user to make better decisions with faster, higher quality data. Cadis' solutions deliver rapid ROI and lower TCO, no matter the complexity, volume or scope of the project involved. www.cadisedm.com

SOURCE Standard & Poor's