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Thomson Reuters Expands Fixed Income Valuation Offering with New CLO Pricing Capability

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Thomson Reuters announced today the launch of a new Collateralised Loan Obligation (CLO) evaluated pricing service, delivered via DataScope Select, its strategic distribution platform for non-streaming global content and pricing. This new pricing capability will provide end-of-day valuations for global cash CLOs, including both broadly syndicated and middle market deals, and give investors greater transparency and the regulatory foresight necessary for these products.

The revival of CLOs has been highlighted by the recent growth of new issuance in this space, with over $6 billion of newly issued deals introduced since last year. Market estimations predict $10-20 billion of new issuance by the end of this year and a potential doubling in 2012. Additionally, the secondary market for CLOs has seen an increase in trading activity, as fixed income investors are seeing relatively high returns in this space. This expanding investor demand for CLO products is driving the need for third party pricing vendors to provide high quality evaluated pricing.

Thomson Reuters new CLO pricing capability offers a cost-effective solution for capturing pricing information and delivering a depth of analysis not previously available in the market. The solution fully unpacks the assets underlying an individual CLO such as prepays, defaults and recoveries, in a more granular approach to credit assumptions. Particular emphasis is placed on the breakout and analysis of CCC rated loans, defaulted loans, second liens, covenant lite loans, bonds and any structured product assets in the deals.

Jayme Fagas, head of Evaluated Pricing, Thomson Reuters, said: “The past 12 months have witnessed a transformation in the CLO market. Products have been made simpler with higher-quality assets and more investor protection, making them an increasingly attractive investment. In a niche data market that is characterised by a small number of players, Thomson Reuters is differentiated in providing truly unique loan-level and structural analysis. And by leveraging the same delivery infrastructure that supports its broader global Portfolio Valuation Solution, Thomson Reuters can also drive down the cost of pricing CLO tranches.”

The pricing capability utilises Thomson Reuters LPC loan pricing platform to calculate and assess the Weighted Average Price of each CLO’s portfolio of assets. It also incorporates Moody’s Analytics CDONet Library, a comprehensive global CLO deal library that covers close to 100% of the market. This launch builds upon the already extensive fixed income content available via Thomson Reuters Portfolio Valuation Solution, which includes independent, accurate and timely pricing for more than 2.5 million instruments.

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