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A database used to standardize the trading prices of a commodity and act as the "underlying asset" for the creation of a derivative. For example, the Guy Carpenter Catastrophe Index (GCCI) is used by the Bermuda Commodities Exchange (BME) as the underlying basis (or asset) for setting a value upon its catastrophe options.

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