Fitch Offers Trigger Alerts

Fitch Ratings has unveiled a new Web portfolio management tool, Fitch Alert Surveillance Tracker.Fitch said that FASTracker allows investors to monitor how new research and performance data are affecting asset backed bonds, including residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities. The service allows users to build a portfolio of Fitch rated structured finance bonds, set customized performance triggers, and receive e-mail alerts when a trigger is breached. Jayme Laurash, managing director at Fitch, said FASTracker allows investors "to capture performance trends as they are happening, and not after the fact."