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News and Analytics
Real-Time News and Analytics (formerly known as Gold Sheets Real
Time) is one of the key resources on LoanConnector. It provides access
to a wide suite of current and historical syndicated loan market news
and analytic features from around the world.
Real-Time News and Analytics market coverage spans the United States,
Europe, Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Asia-Pacific, and is made
possible by LPC's strong editorial and analytical presence in New York,
London, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore.
Real-Time News and Analytics features can be geographically/regionally
filtered for convenient access. Features include late-breaking news, forward
deal calendars, pricing grids, historical data, industry analytics and
much more, and empowers syndicators, lenders, borrowers, institutional
investors and traders with the information they need to work more effectively
and efficiently.
News and Analytical Features
at a Glance
News: Global
coverage of primary syndications, high yield bonds and secondary
market activity. Includes mandates won, current pricing and
structuring of the deal plus weekly editorial features.
Forward Calendars:
Find out about the latest new deals in the market plus pricing
information, arranging banks and the loan purpose. Also includes
pipeline statistics.
Pricing Grids:
Designed to help lenders/borrowers gauge the movement of pricing
for specific grades of borrowers.
Bank Loan Ratings:
Detailed table providing a breakdown of actual loan ratings
provided by Standard & Poor's and Moody's.
League Tables:
Presents league table information according to volumes in specific
geographic locations and lender roles.
Industry Analytics:
Provide latest market analytics for key industry sectors. Includes
loan volume analysis, spread movements, regional comparisons,
league tables and more.
Secondary Analytics:
Dedicated secondary market information including secondary pipeline
calendar, loan valuations, borrower debt profile and secondary
loan market feature stories and snapshots of composite pricing.
Historical Data:
Useful aggregated historical data and statistics.
Useful tools and functionalities
MyLPC
Alerts: Allows you to create your own customized news feed
and track loan market news by region, market, industry, company
and more. This feature provides delivery of news, based on your
predefined preferences, directly to your email inbox as soon
as it is published on LoanConnector. NEW!
Subscribers can now receive a convenient daily digest
summarizing the daily updates.
Company Search:
Easy way to find pertinent information available on LoanConnector
related to a specific company. The search calls up Late-Breaking
News stories since January 1995, DealScan® detail reports
dating back to 1986, LoanDocs, LINs, etc on the company.
Quick Comps:
Provides easy access from one news story to other related news
stories.
Advanced Smart Searching
by over 150 keywords: Access detailed deal terms and conditions
on over 147,000 loans and bonds by industry SIC or description
or company name. Or search for new stories using multiple criteria
including: text string, date ranges, purpose/type of transaction,
country/region specifics, ratings information, etc.
A customizable homepage
Market-at-a-glance
feature - view totals and averages of loan parameters for
different market segments pulled directly from the DealScan
database