Overview

Bankers need to structure, market, and price new issues with precision. But finding the right comps, gauging investor appetite, and defending valuations can be challenging in opaque fixed income markets. Without structured data, origination work risks mispricing, slower execution, and limited transparency with issuers and investors.

SOLVE changes that. By structuring 24M+ daily quotes across bonds, loans, and structured products, and delivering predictive trade pricing through SOLVE Px™, SOLVE gives bankers the transparency to identify comps, benchmark peer deals, and deliver pricing that stands up to scrutiny. With role-specific tools like Workstation | Banking Data, bankers can monitor comparable transactions, track secondary performance, and streamline pitch preparation.

SOLVE Overview Fact Sheet

SOLVE delivers the intelligence that powers today’s fixed income markets.

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Market Challenges

  • Lack of transparency

    peer deal comps and secondary trading levels are often scattered or incomplete.

  • Pricing risk

    limited data on thinly traded bonds increases the risk of mispricing.

  • Issuer expectations

    clients demand clear benchmarks and defensible pricing.

  • Manual workflows

    bankers spend hours pulling comps and assembling deal books.

  • Quant research needs

    large teams require normalized, historical datasets to back-test models.

How SOLVE Helps

  • Benchmark Against Peers

    Access the industry’s largest set of normalized banking and underwriting data for fair comparisons. Analyze issuance volumes, spreads, and structures to benchmark your deals against the broader municipal and corporate markets.

  • Support the Underwriting Process

    Quickly assess comparable deals and market appetite using SOLVE’s real-time and historical datasets. Identify pricing trends and structure transactions with greater confidence in both primary and secondary markets.

  • Accelerate Credit & Debt Analysis

    Leverage predictive trade pricing, composite data, and issuer analytics to evaluate market strength and risk across portfolios. Surface outliers and validate bond spreads using consistent, defensible inputs for both public and private placements.

  • Enhance Data Transparency

    Consolidate fragmented market data into one comprehensive view. Gain transparency across bonds, loans, and issuers to strengthen communication with clients, rating agencies, and internal stakeholders.

Clarity in Numbers

Corporate Bonds

  • 7,500+

    North American High Yield

  • 2,900+

    European HY

  • 3,200+

    Convertibles

  • 8,400+

    Global Credit

  • 23,000+

    North American IG

  • 35,000+

    European IG

  • 61,000+

    Emerging Markets

Syndicated Loans

30,000 + Issues tracked across globally syndicated loans

Middle Market Loans

17,000 + Issues tracked across middle-market loans

BDC & Private Credit

Public and private BDC data captured from underlying holdings disclosures

Use Cases

  • Comparable Deal Benchmarking

    Bankers use SOLVE Quotes to structure comps and show issuers where similar deals have priced, helping defend valuations.

  • Issuance Pricing Support

    SOLVE Px™ provides predictive trade pricing with confidence scoring, giving bankers a reliable reference point for new deals.

  • Pitch Preparation

    Workstation | Banking Data streamlines comps analysis, enabling teams to prepare materials faster and with greater accuracy.

  • Secondary Performance Tracking

    Bankers monitor how comparable bonds and loans trade post-issuance, helping refine strategies and strengthen client communication.

  • Investor Engagement

    SOLVE’s breadth of data allows bankers to respond quickly to investor questions about secondary levels and market depth.

Relevant SOLVE Solutions

  • Workstation | Banking Data

    Gain instant access to portfolio monitoring and analytics for public finance and underwriting teams.
    Identify comparable structures, benchmark spreads, and assess pricing trends across sectors and issuers.

  • 15c2-12 Analysis

    Monitor ongoing disclosure events, material changes, and financial filings required under SEC Rule 15c2-12. Ensure continuous compliance and access key updates impacting municipal credits.

  • Debt Analysis

    Evaluate new and outstanding municipal debt obligations with clear insight into repayment, structure, and pricing. Support client advisory, debt capacity, and restructuring analysis with accurate, up-to-date data.

Clarity Powered Through
Millions of Data Points

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