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PrintF.A.S.T. Financial Analytics & Structured Transactions® (F.A.S.T.) offers a variety of solutions to meet clients' needs:
Analytics and technology
F.A.S.T. continually adapts its analytics and technology to address the evolving needs and priorities of J.P. Morgan and its clients. JPMorgan's professionals emphasize identifying strategic objectives, desired risk tolerance, and performance targets. Integrated with its models are sophisticated risk management techniques, market research, relative value analysis, innovative applications of portfolio theory and an extensive practical knowledge of capital markets.
BondStudio ®
F.A.S.T. evaluates portfolio holdings and identifies risk and relative value for clients within a cohesive framework, spanning an array of fixed income securities and derivatives. BondStudio is a PC-based portfolio management system that makes it easy for clients to not only keep track of their assets and investments but also to use analytics to assist with investing decisions.
Relative Value Studio ®
Relative Value Studio (RVS) is a web-based application providing historical data analysis on a broad spectrum of fixed income instruments. With time and data series graphs from market information databases, this can be used to generate, present and monitor trade ideas or to access research and data. The graphical representation of the analyzed data enables quick and easy access to check movements in spreads, rates and prices.
PricingDirect ®
PricingDirect is a comprehensive securities evaluation service that supplies daily data on more than one million U.S. taxable fixed income securities. Access PricingDirect (password required).
Securitization
F.A.S.T. is involved in every aspect of a securitization, from the initial identification of the assets, to transaction execution and, ultimately, through the retirement of the bonds. F.A.S.T. is primarily responsible for providing the technical analytics and product research for all securitization initiatives. F.A.S.T.'s expertise in this arena is strengthened by intensive interaction with all market participants, including issuers, rating agencies, credit enhancers, liquidity providers and investors in both the primary and secondary markets. F.A.S.T. professionals work with clients and traders to optimize arbitrage in securitizable products.
Strategies
F.A.S.T.'s proprietary models and systems analyze, monitor and interpret the performance and risk characteristics of portfolios and individual securities. These systems provide portfolio managers, traders and investment executives with the resources to create and implement financial strategies while meeting client defined objectives and seeking to maximize absolute and risk-adjusted portfolio returns.
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