In Brief: Bank of Montreal Eyes Credit Risk Yardstick

Bank of Montreal has joined J.P. Morgan & Co. and five other banks in offering CreditMetrics, a tool to help corporate customers measure credit risk.

CreditMetrics combines software, data, and analytical models that can be used to quantify credit risk for a broad range of instruments, including traditional loans, letters of credit, fixed-income debt, trade credits, and derivatives.

Other sponsors include Bank-America Corp., BZW, Deutsche Morgan Grenfell, Swiss Bank Corp., Union Bank of Switzerland, and KMV Corp.

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