Committees & Working Groups
LSTA committees and working groups are designed to give you input into the issues that most affect you and your organization. A collaborative process that helps create consensus and alignment across the industry, your participation here will also give you greater transparency into how LSTA works for you.
Committees typically meet on an ongoing basis to focus on different market practices, roles and recurring needs.
Working groups are often ad hoc, allowing you to focus on a specific, timely issue, and may require only a few meetings to reach consensus.
Click on any of the committees or groups listed alphabetically below for more information.
LSTA committees
Engaging in standard-setting for corporate loan accounting practices
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- Related content: Operations & Standards
Discussing best practices and market issues for CLO participants
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- Related content: Policy & Advocacy
Advocating for best practices and building consensus across providers to ensure standardization
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- Related content: Operations & Standards
Addressing best practices and market issues for open-end/retail funds investing in loans
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- Related content: Policy & Advocacy
Identifying, accessing and standardizing servicing and settlement initiatives
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- Related content: Operations & Standards
Managing current legal issues in the primary market
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- Related content: Legal & Documentation
Developing best practices and standards for operational accuracy and efficiency in private credit
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- Related content: Operations & Standards
Collaborating to implement new ops & tech initiatives
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- Related content: Operations & Standards
Determining, articulating and recommending ops, doc and tech changes to improve settlement
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- Related content: Operations & Standards
Addressing the trading and settlement of par and distressed loans
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- Related content: Legal & Documentation
LSTA working groups
Advocating for change to the CA Finance Law, which requires lending licenses for nonbanks
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- Related content: Policy & Advocacy
Formulating best practices for CEIs and MEIs from application to maintenance
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- Related content: Operations & Standards
Working to set standards that streamline operational processes for corporate restructurings
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- Related content: Operations & Standards
Developing policies to apply for and incorporate CUSIPs into loan deals/systems
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- Related content: Operations & Standards
Engaging with the SEC on applying the Custody Rule to loan assets
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- Related content: Policy & Advocacy
Collaborating to address challenges when equity is issued in loan restructurings
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- Related content: Operations & Standards
Developing legal documents for originating and trading cross-border loans
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- Related content: Legal & Documentation
Discussing issues related to leveraged lending guidance
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- Related content: Policy & Advocacy
Collaborating to Identify and Address Private Corporate Credit Valuation Practices.
LSTA lead:
- Related content: Analysis & Data
LSTA board-only committees
Proposing current and future nominees for LSTA executive vacancies
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Overseeing/approving LSTA business and operating actions
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Evaluating liquidity and recommending changes to trade settlement procedures
LSTA lead:
- Related content: Operations & Standards