GoldenSource for Derivatives is a solution designed to address the market problems and requirements of the derivatives market by establishing and maintaining a single, centralized repository of information about all derivatives reference and counterparty data.

Support all Products, Attributes and Relationships

• Support derivative type definition -  no limit to type or complexity of new instruments
• Support an expanding range of security types such as CDS, CDO, IRS etc as well as the ability to define bespoke instruments
• Support product definition including mapping to legal product definitions for reference to confirmation, netting and collateral contracts

Support key Derivative Lifecycle events that affect valuation, risk and exposure

• Support the life cycle of OTC derivatives from creation to expiry
• Link underlying securities to the traded derivative instrument 
• Integrates with user documentation management systems allowing for all required documentation to be available at any stage of the derivative life cycle
• Acquire pricing data (OTC, Exchange or Evaluated) from leading market data vendors, (Bloomberg, IDC, Reuters, Telekurs, etc) as well as specialist suppliers such Markit RED.
• Improve operational risk control with the ability monitor counterparty hierarchies
• Monitor changes from corporate actions and credit events

Establish secure, scalable, auditable infrastructure

• Creates a central store of validated and cleansed data
• Achieve operational scalability with 24x7 availability  
• Help eliminate legacy and insecure desktop (spreadsheet) systems
• Establish clear audit trails for control and monitoring purposes
• Allow robust distribution of trusted data to all internal systems and users