CreditTrade launches credit derivatives web service

CreditTrade, the London-based inter-dealer broker and provider of credit derivatives data, has launched its new web-based data service, CreditTrade Insight.

CreditTrade Insight provides access to all CreditTrade's data and offers users tailored search, graphics and data download facilities. The service also includes a set of credit default swap indexes and other analytical data with more than 700,000 price points, dating back to June 1997. The service was beta tested with 22 organisations during November and December 2002.

CreditTrade Insight is aimed at financial institutions active in the credit markets, including large market-making, smaller banks, asset and fund managers, insurers, re-insurers and corporates.

Over 1,500 credit default swaps quotes, trades and benchmark prices will be added to CreditTrade Insight daily, along with analytical data on more than 40 indexes, mid-prices, volatility and liquidity information.