Strengths |
Services Offered |
J.P. Morgan Franchise |
- PricingDirect benefits from direct access to the trading desks, research and technology of J.P. Morgan, a firm with broad capabilities in primary and secondary markets.
- PricingDirect offers product expertise in fixed income securities, distressed securities, and derivative products.
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Real-time Market Access |
- PricingDirect evaluators monitor market data throughout the day.
- PricingDirect evaluators work closely with trading desks to reflect market changes.
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Client Confidentiality |
- Evaluations are independent of client and position size.
- Client positions are confidential and are not disseminated
to the broker dealer or to other third parties.
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TransparencyDirectSM and Risk Reporting |
- TransparencyDirectSM is a web portal that provides security-level evaluation inputs, a deep dive analysis of observed market pricing, back-testing graphs, and customized risk reports that measure liquidity and volatility for a given subsector.
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FASB ASC Topic 820
(FAS 157)
Fair Value Measurement |
- PricingDirect has created a methodology book to help
clients determine input levels for FASB ASC Topic 820 hierarchies.
- PricingDirect offers guidance in preparing disclosure statements.
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SSAE 16 / SAS 70 Auditing Standards |
- SSAE 16 / SAS 70 is an effective way for service organizations to communicate internal control information to their clients.
- PricingDirect is the only valuation service that has been compliant with these audit standards every year since 2005.
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Price Challenge Procedure |
- PricingDirect has developed a comprehensive price challenge process, with direct evaluator involvement, to respond to all challenges in a timely manner.
- Using a web portal or an Excel add-in, clients can register price challenges and receive real-time challenge responses.
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PricingDirect Plus |
- PricingDirect Plus is a comprehensive analytical service
covering the full spectrum of fixed income securities. It presents
delinquencies, severity of loss, scenario analysis and stress testing based
on loan level modeling.
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Customer Base |
- PricingDirect has a diverse customer base including: asset managers, audit firms, banks, broker dealers, custodians, hedge funds, insurance companies, issuers, mutual funds, private equity, service providers, software companies and UCITS.
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