Gain deeper insight into the leveraged loan market
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Learn more about the leveraged loan and high yield bond markets with our reference resources
Industry Reference Resources
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Benchmarking
Access the S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan Index and the S&P European Leveraged Loan Index to help compare your portfolio to the U.S. and European leveraged loan markets.
Surveillance
Receive comprehensive transactions data to help limit the number of steps in performing complex analysis and more easily screen for primary market deals.
Workflow Management
Integrate LCD data from feeds directly into your portfolio analytics tools. Your bespoke data packages are delivered right to you on a recurring basis so you can spend less time gathering data and more time identifying opportunities.
Turn information into business intelligence
Utilizing its exclusive private loan data, LCD helps buy-side and sell-side institutions in the following ways.
Identify possible trade opportunities faster
Screen for new deals as they come to the market.
Compare loans in the syndications market
Find similar, recent transactions.
Benchmark defaults and return performance
Measure how your competitors are performing against your portfolios.
Price and structure loans with confidence
Ensure your offerings clear the market.
Keep up with late-breaking market trends
Our real-time news and in-depth research deliver important insights.
Create more thorough reports while saving time
Download ready-made graphics for internal presentations or external marketing.
MARKET RESEARCH & DATA SERVICE OF THE YEAR – 2019 & 2020
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Investment Management
Track deals through their whole lifecycle, including distressed debt and defaults. Benchmark your portfolio and those of your competitors against the S&P Leveraged Loan Indices.
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Investment Banking
Price and structure loans that clear the market. Compare loans currently in the syndications market by screening for new transactions as they come to the market, as well as all historical deals.
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Private Equity
Remain at the forefront of the financial markets with proprietary daily trend analysis, topical research, and reports that contextualize the current market against 20 years of historical data.
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Credit Risk
Monitor credit risk throughout the leveraged, high yield, distressed and corporate markets. Build reports on key criteria such as defaults, forward deals, maturity cliffs with our downloadable tables and charts.
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Professional Services
Track the news that makes the market, monitor current deal flow and screen for new deals, benchmark defaults and return performance of competitors.
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