Interactive Data Expands Analytics Content to North America, Following European Launch Last Year

Interactive Data Corporation is making available analytics content, powered by its BondEdge service, to evaluated pricing clients in North America. The new Analytix Direct service, introduced in Europe in 2006 (Reference Data Review, November 2006) “delivers a range of option-adjusted measures including duration and convexity, option-adjusted spread (OAS) and key rate durations”, according to the vendor. It enables clients to utilise evaluations from Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data, and risk analytics calculated by Interactive Data Fixed Income Analytics, within Value at Risk (VaR) models and reporting and performance systems.