London - September 20, 2005 - Loan Pricing Corporation (LPC), a Reuters Company, today announced the launch of its totally redesigned LoanConnector platform. The most significant enhancements to the release are a new interface and user-friendly search functionalities. LoanConnector is the market-leading source for comprehensive real-time and historical news, data and analytics on the syndicated loan markets and contains information from around the globe. It is used by thousands of credit market players on a daily basis providing them with key information they need to make important business decisions.

LoanConnector's new interface provides users with a vastly improved homepage, and an updated menu for easily locating information that is region or market sector-specific. A new option allows users to setup a filter whereby they select a category of information, for example a geographic region or market, and quickly filter the entire site based on their selected option. It provides customers with a more efficient way to navigate through vast amounts of relevant information at the click of a few buttons.

"LPC continually seeks to provide not only the most comprehensive global news, data and analysis for the syndicated loan market, but also to provide access to that content that is as seamless as possible within our customers' daily workflow," said Mike Lavin, Senior Vice President from LPC. "We are thrilled to roll out this new interface to our customers, as we've successfully translated their feedback to create a product they can use to simply and quickly access the most relevant global market content for the task at hand."

Search options have also been greatly improved so that now users can search for information across all news, data and analytics sources at one time via one search. To accomplish this, behind the scenes, LPC's analysts and reporters added hundreds of searchable key words and phrases to all of its online content, which connects relevant information together and supplies customers with pre-defined, analyst-reviewed search results. Additionally, customers can perform a quick keyword search from a drop-down menu of over 150 terms. Search results will also suggest other related documents users may want to review on similar topics.

Other enhancements to LoanConnector include:

	Enhanced company search results include four new sections: Company Info, Ratings, Deal comparables and Analytics.
	Improved MyLPC Alerts enable users to have news stories and analytic updates filtered by any keyword or topic emailed directly to them, or they can choose a daily digest which will send them all the news they want at the end of each business day
	New Market-at-a-Glance allows users to view totals & averages of loan parameters for market segments that match their menu and category options automatically.
	Additional advanced search options include saving searches, the ability to re-run saved searches from a drop down menu and modifying saved searches.
	Date range searching added to analytics make it simple to locate historical information.

The next generation LoanConnector launch is part of LPC's continuing effort to deliver the most timely, comprehensive and user-focused data, news and analytics product solutions to the global credit markets.

About Loan Pricing Corporation
Since 1985 Loan Pricing Corporation (LPC) (www.loanpricing.com), a Reuters Company, has provided market players around the world with the most complete and accurate news, data and analytics on the loan and credit markets. LPC's coverage spans the U.S., Europe, Middle East, Africa, Latin America, Japan and Asia-Pacific via subsidiary Basis Point Publishing Limited. LPC's content is delivered via publications, on-line services and databases.

LPC is the premier global provider of credit market information and analysis as a result of its in-depth focus on the credit industry and development of state-of-the-art products and services for bankers, borrowers and investors. For more information, visit the company website at www.loanpricing.com

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