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Press Release:
December 10, 2008
COMPASS ANALYTICS and RADAR
LOGIC Announce Integration of RADAR LOGIC'S RPX and
RADAR LOGIC DailyTM Prices to COMPASS'S Mortgage Analytics
Compass Announces Plan
to Integrate RPXTM Derivatives into Compass's Mortgage
Hedging Platform
San Francisco,
CA - December 10, 2008 – Compass
Analytics, LLC and Radar Logic, Inc.
announced today the successful integration of the Radar
Logic's RPX, Residential Property Index into Compass's
Mortgage Analytics solution, CompassPointTM. Compass
customers can now seamlessly update portfolio residential
property values through CompassPointTM employing Radar
Logic's RPX by zip code and MSA. The integration will
allow investors, portfolio managers, servicers and whole
loan traders to seamlessly update property values as
part of data load processes and leverage better loan-level
property value, LTV and equity data for more accurate
valuations. Analysts are able to employ their choice
of HPI forecasts or leverage Radar Logic DailyTM Prices
for implied HPI forecasts in conjunction with CompassPointTM's
prepayment, delinquency and default tools to better
forecast timing of default and actual loss severity
given forecasted HPI.
Compass and Radar Logic
also announced today plans to integrate Radar Logic's
RPXTM Derivatives into CompassPointTM for initial roll
out in January, 2009. This integration will enable analysts
to mark-to-market RPXTM derivatives and model and employ
the derivatives to hedge property value and credit risk
in loan portfolios. Hedgers can also model prepayment
sensitivity to HPIs and employ RPXTM derivatives to
better manage that risk.
"Recent market dislocations
have provided unprecedented opportunities and risks
in mortgage investments," said Rob Kessel, Managing
Partner of Compass Analytics. "Compass is very
pleased to continue its progress in integrating best-of-breed
models and inputs such as Radar Logic's to allow analysts,
traders and risk managers to pull together the best
inputs and models without having to address data handling
and integration concerns." Kiva Patten, head of
property derivatives at Merrill Lynch added: "The
investment and trading community is really beginning
to understand and view housing as a distinct asset class
with the attendant need for derivates to support investment
and risk management activity. RPXTM derivatives and
hedging tools and analytics such as Compass's will support
the development and broad use of such derivatives".
Michael Feder, President and CEO at Radar Logic, commented
"This is a natural step in the evolution of the
utility of RPX as a tool for trading Real Estate as
an asset class. We are delighted to be part of this
significant effort with Compass".
Radar Logic Incorporated,
a real estate data and analytics company, calculates
and publishes the Radar Logic Daily™ Prices. The
prices track housing values for major U.S. metropolitan
areas and are the basis of the Residential Property
Index™ (RPX™), a market that enables real
estate to be traded as a liquid asset, via property
derivatives marketed by major financial institutions.
RPX allows real estate and financial professionals to
manage opportunity and risk, invest in real estate values
without owning physical assets and effectively analyze
markets using a consistent metric: price per square
foot. For more information on Radar Logic and the RPX,
including licensed dealers, please visit http://www.radarlogic.com
Media Contact: Bettina Klinger, Radar Logic Incorporated,
646-224-7003 bklinger@radarlogic.com.
Compass Analytics
provides valuation and interest rate risk management
solutions to mortgage capital markets participants.
Compass Analyticslicenses its software CompassPoint™to
mortgage servicers, traders, investors and secondary
marketing departments in order to provide rich loan-level
and cohort-level analytics. CompassPoint's™ loan-level
models, integrated file mapping, aggregation tools,
market and credit inputs, whole loan, structured cash
flow and mortgage servicing rights analysis and reporting
capabilities give CompassPoint™users the competitive
advantage in evaluating all mortgage collateral. In
addition to licensing CompassPoint™, Compass uses
CompassPoint™internally to provide third party
valuations as well as outsource hedge execution services,
both of which draw on Compass' considerable expertise
and access to market color. For more information about
Compass Analytics, please visit its website at http://www.compass-analytics.com
or contact Kellie Kramer at 415-462-7500 or
kkramer@compass-analytics.com.
For more information about Compass Analytics, please visit its website
at http://www.compass-analytics.com or email kkramer@compass-analytics.com. |