The multi-asset derivatives provider Supererivatives has released its new online credit derivatives platform, SD-CD. The derivatives pricing and risk management firm revealed that the release was prompted by its belief that the recent sub-prime crisis demonstrated a clear need for new products.

“The sub-prime crisis has made it clear that many investors do not have the tools for pricing and risk management of the structured credit instruments. SuperDerivatives is stepping in to fill this gap, improving the transparency and liquidity of credit derivatives as it has done in other asset classes,” said Sasha Rozenberg, product manager for credit derivatives at SuperDerivatives.

The SD-CD platform provides intraday pricing relying on tradable two-way data from multiple sources and portfolio utilities which support name-specific default and market risk metrics.