10 things you need to know about SD
SD’s revaluation solutions enable companies to comply with regulations and ensure their derivatives business is transparent
Why?
- SD offers a choice of unrivalled revaluation services that enable institutions to manage compliance, market and counterparty risk and audit requirements
- These include SD-Revaluation, an independent revaluation solution for an organisation’s entire derivatives portfolio, or Mark-to-Market Data, ‘on demand’ quality, accurate and independent market-accurate risk reference data
- SD-Revaluation draws on SD’s experience in options, derivatives and structured products to deliver independent and market-reflective revaluation for an extensive range of hard-to-price liquid and illiquid assets
- SD-Mark-to-Market Data delivers intraday risk reference data that includes volatilities, yield and forward curves, expected dividend and correlation, as well as data that is scarce or unavailable elsewhere, such as volatilities for long-dated or extremely out-of-the-money (OTM) contracts
Customer benefits
- Ensure that reported revaluations of portfolios are very close to their market price, while complying with all necessary regulatory requirements
- Provide investors with the highest levels of transparency and enables them to comply with required accounting, auditing and regulatory requirements such as FAS 133, FAS 157, IAS 39, IFRS and MiFID Best Execution
- Flexible and configurable – choice of revaluation solutions to meet specific business needs and budgets - comprehensive, independent and market-reflective revaluation solution for entire portfolios, or cost-effective risk reference data
- Unparalleled coverage – respond more effectively to market needs
- Market-accurate pricing based on multi-sourced, quality-validated data in conjunction with a proven, unique pricing model and ongoing market calibration
- Fast, cost-effective implementation and seamless integration – start using immediately
- Dedicated technical and product support, 24 hours a day
- Control operational risk involved in the valuation process


