NYSE Euronext Unveils Independent Valuation Service Prime Source

NYSE Euronext (NYX) has launched Prime Source, a new independent valuation service. This solution is designed to meet professional buy side market participants’ needs for valuation of large, global portfolios of complex structured products and illiquid securities. Prime Source enables users to access prices and valuations from different sources, including markets, dealer contributions and valuation models, NYX says. Offering both automated and tailor-made valuation services, Prime Source assists users in answering on a daily basis valuation issues in compliance with relevant regulations and accounting standards. Prime Source also integrates the technology and processes developed by recently acquired IVRS that allow for the automated daily valuation of products in fixed income, credit and equity.