Fitch Risk Touts Freddie Licensing of Software

Fitch Risk, an affiliate of Fitch Ratings that provides risk technologies and services, has announced an agreement under which Freddie Mac will license Fitch Risk's OpVar software.The company said Freddie Mac will use the software's operational risk data collection, analysis, and reporting to improve Freddie's risk management capabilities. Fitch Risk said OpVantage, its operational risk division, is the first company to market operational risk software. The company can be found online at http://www.fitchrisk.com.