LSTA is the leading advocate for the corporate loan market. Membership in LSTA offers numerous benefits and opportunities—which include access to LSTA University. Here, you can better understand loan market standards, market practices, and current loan market issues, and access foundational resources. This section enables all of our members to build a strong baseline knowledge of the loan market industry.

What you need to know in today’s environment. LSTA advocates on behalf of all participants in the corporate loan market, working directly with regulators and legislators to maintain a fair, orderly, and efficient marketplace that engenders confidence.

Leverage the analysis we continuously aggregate from our members, coupled with our industry insights. We share a wide range of high-quality data and analysis, including 360-degree quantitative insights into the loan market’s performance and growth through trade data, settlement time statistics for par and distressed trades, shift dates, and more.

What you need to know about originating and trading loans may be found here. The basics of credit agreements, trading loans on standard LSTA agreements, and analysis of legal and regulatory trends are discussed.

This section of our University provides members with operational advice, guidance, and assistance on the rules and regulations around how the trading process should occur. Drawing on our expertise in operations, documentation, and data-driven analytics, we identify best practices for MEIs, CUSIPs, FpML, and more.

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