The global leveraged loan market has grown consistently over the years to become a full-fledged asset class in the alternative arena. This U.S.-based life insurer had carved out a significant amount of money to invest in collateralized lending obligations (CLOs) and was establishing a process to manage its bank loan portfolios. The head of the leveraged loan investment team had been a user of S&P Global Market Intelligence (“Market Intelligence”) at his previous company and was very familiar with the Leveraged Commentary & Data (“LCD”) solution. He knew this extensive set of information could help with portfolio construction, benchmarking, and ongoing market monitoring and wanted his colleagues to learn more about the offering.