Software aggregates and integrates credit exposure and credit data across
accounting, trading and operational systems within an organization and
generates views of available credit in light of the exposure and credit
limits. A comprehensive model of exposure to all counterparties, across
all of their divisions and subsidiaries, is assembled, enabling the
creation of a hierarchical view of each counterparty that models its
real-world parent-child relationships. Credit limits are set across the
enterprise, supporting the organization's unique methodology and business
process, and on a granular basis, incorporating factors such as external
credit ratings, internal credit scores, commodity, geographic region,
deal duration, and security instruments. Credit, transactions, and risk
are then determined at any level in the hierarchy. After aggregating
exposure and credit limit information, the system presents a
comprehensive, detailed, real-time, enterprise-wide view of current
exposure, collateral requirements and available credit for both a company
and its counterparties, making it easy for users to identify trouble
spots by counterparty, geography, industry, and credit rating and to
manage the company's liquidity.