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S&P Dow Jones Indices and Lincoln International Unveil New Benchmarks for the Private Loan Market with Launch of S&P Lincoln Senior Debt Indices
S&P Dow Jones Indices ("S&P DJI"), the world's leading index provider, in collaboration with Lincoln International, a global investment banking advisory firm, today announced the launch of the first two indices in the S&P Lincoln Senior Debt Index Series, to provide key benchmarking tools for measuring changes in the private loan market.
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