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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:

Leveraging BDC data has never been easier. Using BDC Advantage by AdvantageData, you can filter aggregated business development company portfolio data by industry, investment type, filing notes and more. 

Generate refined custom data elements that can be downloaded in an easy-to-use excel spreadsheet. We filtered our list by filing notes (selecting the "non-accrual: yes" option) to find out which portfolios were in the most trouble.

BDC filings are around the corner. See our Q2 2018 BDC earnings calendar below. Outsourcing your data collection efforts to AdvantageData provides your team with access to standardized #BDC data within 8 hours of filings. BCD Advantage empowers your team with the aggregated data they need. Leveraging filing information has never been easier.

BDC Advantage was developed in partnership with a group of BDCs seeking to outsource BDC data aggregation, direct lending analytics and loan pricing across the thousands of US middle market companies currently held as portfolio companies. AdvantageData provides unmatched insight into the BDC space by leveraging tools perfected through over 20 years of serving the sell-side but using data specific to the BDC and private credit space. See why BDCs, direct lenders, BDC analysts and investors all use AdvantageData.

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.

On September 6, 2017 after the close, CM Finance (CMFN) announced the results of its fiscal fourth quarter and full year ended June 30 2017 in a press release, and filed a 10-K. The BDC Reporter has read both documents. Here are the highlights, as well as analysis of the earnings and portfolio, and the BDC Reporter’s view of where the BDC is headed in the coming year, and our own investment approach: