Houlihan Lokey Announces the Houlihan Lokey Private Credit DataBank

Comprehensive Resource for Private Credit Analytics and Insights Provides Heightened Transparency

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE:HLI), the global investment bank, today announced the launch of the Houlihan Lokey Private Credit DataBank (DataBank), a proprietary dataset and analytics platform delivering structured, loan-level insights into the private credit market.

Sourced from the firm’s recurring portfolio valuation work, the DataBank captures observations from more than 60,000 loan valuations. The dataset reflects the full spectrum of the direct lending market, ranging from borrowers with less than $20 million to those with more than $100 million in EBITDA, across industries, geographies, and capital structures, and includes both senior debt and junior debt.

Each loan in the DataBank contains more than 200 standardized data fields, encompassing terms, covenants, issue prices, fair value metrics (e.g., yield, spread, price, and more), credit metrics (e.g., leverage, LTV, interest coverage, fixed charge coverage, and more), and borrower financials (e.g., revenue, EBITDA, enterprise value, and more). The dataset dates to 2017 and is updated continuously, offering a consistent time-series view of how loans perform over time. This enables more precise tracking of credit risk, borrower performance, and market trends throughout a loan’s lifecycle.

The platform supports a range of users across private credit. Investor relations and fundraising teams use it to prepare updates and market benchmarking materials. Valuation professionals rely on it for peer comparisons and fair value analysis. Investment professionals can analyze trends, evaluate deal structures, and test investment strategies against private market data, while limited partners and analysts gain deeper transparency into portfolio holdings. The DataBank offers visibility into new issuance and the ability to request tailored reports across virtually any data segment—by size, sector, capital structure, or geography.

“We built the Houlihan Lokey Private Credit DataBank to give clients access to actual loan-level data—not just anecdotes or fund-level data—to understand where the market is heading,” said Chris Cessna, a Director who helps lead the Private Credit Valuation practice at Houlihan Lokey.

“In addition to the DataBank, we developed a dynamic, web-based valuation platform through which clients can gain a dynamic view of their investment portfolio,” said Dr. Cindy Ma, Global Head of Portfolio Valuation and Fund Advisory Services at Houlihan Lokey. “They can explore detailed valuation conclusions, run pricing sensitivities, assess how spread and yield changes affect their holdings, and export data directly to their internal systems.”

Clients also benefit from Houlihan Lokey’s market expertise through its Capital Solutions Group, which has raised ~$28 billion in capital in the past 12 months.* “Our deep connectivity to the private markets gives our valuation clients a unique edge,” Dr. Ma added. “Insights from our Capital Solutions Group help ensure our data and assumptions reflect current market dynamics—not just historical inputs.”

*As of June 30, 2025.

About Houlihan Lokey

Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE:HLI) is a global investment bank with expertise in mergers and acquisitions, capital solutions, financial restructuring, and financial and valuation advisory. Houlihan Lokey serves corporations, institutions, and governments worldwide with offices in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific region. Independent advice and intellectual rigor are hallmarks of the firm’s commitment to client success across its advisory services. The firm is the No. 1 investment bank for all global M&A transactions for the past two years, the No. 1 M&A advisor for the past 10 years in the U.S., the No. 1 global restructuring advisor for the past 11 years, and the No. 1 global M&A fairness opinion advisor over the past 25 years, all based on number of transactions and according to data provided by LSEG.