REUTERS LOAN PRICING CORPORATION (Reuters LPC) was founded in 1985. Reuters
LPC's mission is to be the premier global provider of loan market news,
data and analytics to the credit markets worldwide.
Reuters LPC's extensive suite of news and information solutions enables
industry players to stay informed about market trends and facilitate business
decisions. Reuters LPC's total focus and commitment to the loan industry
have generated state-of-the-art products and services tailored to the
loan market's growing needs.
Today, Reuters LPC's news, data and analytics span the United States,
Europe, Middle East, Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Pacific region.
Products and services include print publications, and online news, analytics
and interactive databases. LPC's global coverage is supported by its presence
in New York, London, Hong Kong and Japan.
Timeline
2005
Launches Next
Generation LoanConnector
Adds EMEA interface
to SMi
Gold Sheets Real-Time
renamed Real-Time News and Analytics
2004
Launches CDO Intelligence
- a Market Data and Data Management Solution for the CDO
Market
LPC launches Gold Sheets BuySider publication
– The weekly window into CDOs and leveraged loan
assets
Daily European mark-to-market prices offered
2003
Introduces new cross market
comps grid
Launches new and improved DealScan database
in North and Latin America, Europe and Asia-Pacific
LPC Webinars, an interactive forum that
allows market participants to access Reuters LPC's expertise
at the convenience of their respective offices, introduced
globally
Releases Secondary Market Intelligence (SMi),
the secondary loan market's most comprehensive and powerful
online tool
2002
Establishes global mark-to-market loan pricing
capability
Launches Asia-Pacific secondary loan composite
Launches European mark-to-market
pricing service
Begins and increases its Loan
Trade Database initiative
Host the first Annual Asia-Pacific Loan
Market Roundtable
2001
Enters into a relationship
with Fitch to provide enhanced risk management solutions
bringing together LPC's historical databases and analytics
with Fitch Risk Management's established global credit
expertise
Asia-Pacific analytics introduced
via Gold Sheets Real-Time
European Loan Loss Database
launched
Acquires Basis Point Publishing
Ltd in Hong Kong significantly expanding its Asia-Pacific
loan market presence
2000
U.S. Middle Market news, data
and analytic coverage added to Gold Sheets Real-Time
Hosts first Annual European Loan Market
Roundtable
1999
DealScan® for the Web launched
LPC and LSTA partner and jointly launch
the LSTA/LPC Mark-To-Market Pricing, the first pricing
service ever for the loan market
1998
Launches Asia-Pacific news
coverage
European and Latin American news, data and
analytics added to Gold Sheets Real-Time
1997
Launches LoanConnector its
web-based product distribution platform and pioneers real-time
delivery of loan market news
LSTA appoints LPC as clearing-house for
mark-to-market pricing
1996
Emerging Markets
Fax introduced
1995
First Gold Sheets Annual published
to provide a review of trends in the global loan market
Hosts first Annual Gold Sheets Corporate
Finance Conference attended for issuers, underwriters
and investors
DealScan® for Windows released with
expanded product capabilities
1994
Inaugurates European and Latin
American news coverage
The first Annual Loan Loss Database Conference
hosted by LPC
Introduces daily Gold Sheets and Private
Placement
Begins U.S. Middle Market coverage through
its Gold Sheets Middle Market publication
1993
Reuters acquires LPC as its
strategic entry into the loan market
North American Loan Loss Database launched
Becomes the official LINs Registration authority
1990
Begins U.S. Secondary
Loan Market coverage
1988
The first DealScan® database
launched in DOS format
Publishes its first League Tables, which
have subsequently become the industry standard
1987
Launches flagship weekly Gold
Sheets publication
1985
Founded by a team of seasoned
loan market professionals
