A computer-implemented
system for creation, matching, and trading of private-asset derivative instruments (synthetic or standard) for portfolio management and risk transfer is provided. The
system include one or more databases organized into logical subdivisions associated with users of different qualifications, the databases storing digital identities representing private assets, private-asset derivative instruments and derivatives archetypes. Processors, which can be cloud-deployed, are configured to receive user preferences for risk, return, and
exposure; determine user access rights; identify or create a derivatives archetype that satisfies those preferences; and generate or return a corresponding private-asset derivative instrument for portfolio management, risk transfer, or trading. Archetypes are associated through
machine-readable references with digital identities of corresponding instruments or their underlyings. The processors may employ quantitative or
machine-
learning models to convert user preferences into statistical descriptors, select private-asset representatives, project cash flows, and match users on a trading platform for execution or restructuring of transactions.