Patent ID: 8595033

Claim:
A method of using an apparatus, the method including: storing in memory data specifying an agreement by which a first investment that is a first class of ownership interest in an entity is obligated to pay consideration to at least one other investment that is at least one other class of ownership interest in the entity or another entity in exchange for the at least one other investment that is at least one other class of ownership interest incurring risk exposure to at least one specified risk associated with the first investment that is the first class of ownership interest and whereby realizing a loss associated with the risk exposure is contingent upon occurrence of at least one specified event; determining, by a digital computer from the data specifying the agreement in the memory, and from market data corresponding to the first investment that is the first class of ownership interest, an amount of the risk exposure associated with the at least one other investment that is the at least one other class of ownership interest and an amount of the consideration to be paid by the first investment that is the first class of ownership interest; and outputting, by the computer, at least one of the amounts.