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What we already know...

We know that investment professionals benefit from reliable, holistic, aggregated data. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that making data easy to find and understand translates to efficient analysts and more profitable firms.

Over the past two weeks, we have shown you a few ways you can leverage business development company filing data with BDC Advantage. BDC Advantage eliminates the tedious, time-consuming process of manually compiling and standardizing BDC quarterly filings, allowing users to easily analyze data relevant to their firm.

We've shown you how to:

Comparing quarterly filings, fund breakdowns and more...

After the 2008 financial crisis and the subsequent regulatory changes, Business Development Companies (BDCs) skyrocketed in popularity, filling the funding gap in middle market companies. BDCs are closed-end funds that mostly invest in private, growing companies and, increasingly, larger later stage corporations.  

BDCs are required to file quarterly reports to the SEC under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Aggregating the data from these reports is tedious, time-consuming, and lacks standardization. AdvantageData’s BDC Product gives investment professionals access to aggregated and standardized data (current and historical), allowing users to easily analyze data relevant to their firm's needs.

According to analysis on the loans tracked by AdvantageData, USD leveraged loan volume rated Ba3-Ba1 and B3-B1 continued its upward trajectory over the last 15 months topping out at $150.6 billion in Q1/17.  This was due predominantly to first lien refinancings more than doubling in Q1/17 to $111.7 billion.  

Below is a weekly snapshot of the 'Total Returns By Industry' report (High Yield Bonds).

Below is a weekly snapshot of the 'Total Returns By Industry' report (High Yield Bonds).