Syndication Loan Administration and Processing System

Abstract

A loan syndication tracking and management system and method provides a user with access to specific details related to a syndicated loan. The system and method coordinates investor, borrower and resource information, in addition to features related to the overall structure of a syndicated loan. Users access the system with various levels of permissions to view, add, update or delete information according to their allotted permissions. The system permits multiple users to access the information for efficient handling of approvals and requests related to multiple investors and borrowers, in addition to handling institution interchanges and notifications. The system and method keeps a record of all transactions and changes for review, reporting or regulatory purposes. The administration of a syndicated loan transaction is simplified while providing advanced features such as support for loan trading.

1 . A loan management system, comprising
 at least one database storing
 a first dataset containing lender data, send lender data being related to a plurality of lenders; 
 a second dataset containing borrower data, said borrower data being related to at least one borrower; and 
 a third dataset containing loan resource data, said loan resource data being related to a plurality of loan resources; 
   a processing engine to accessing said first, second and third datasets, said processing engine operable to implement loan management tools and transaction management tools to manipulate said lender data, said borrower data and said loan resource data contained in said first, second, and third datasets;   a user interface coupled to the processing engine; and   wherein a user provides instructions to said processing engine through said user interface to manipulate at least one of the loan management tools and transaction management tools, said instructions causing said processing engine to access said datasets and to implement at least one of the loan management tools and the transaction management tools to process loan information related to a loan, said loan information comprising said lender data, said resource data, and said borrower data.   
     
     
         2 . A loan management system according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a loan portion ownership transfer module operable to inform lenders in said loan management system of a first lender offering a loan portion for at least one of a sale and a trade;   said loan portion ownership transfer module being further operable to consummate said at least one of said sale and said trade, whereby recordation of a transfer of said loan portion ownership is made in said loan management system; and   said loan portion ownership transfer module is further operable to notify said first lender and an other party to said transfer of consummation of said transfer.   
     
     
         3 . A loan management system according to  claim 1 , wherein said resource data includes resource data related to at least one of a term loan type resource, a revolving credit type resource and a letter of credit type resource. 
     
     
         4 . A loan management system according to  claim 1 , wherein the processing engine further comprises:
 business logic including criteria for determining if parameters of a transaction are within appropriate value ranges, wherein   said business logic is operable to receive and analyze a transaction request from said user through said user interface and operable to approve said transaction request based on said criteria.   
     
     
         5 . A loan management system according to  claim 1 , wherein said first, second, and third datasets are part of a relational database. 
     
     
         6 . A loan management system according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a set of funds transfer instructions for each of said plurality of lenders; and   each of said funds transfer instructions having a status indicative of whether said funds transfer instructions are at least pending or approved.   
     
     
         7 . A loan management system according to  claim 6 , wherein said processing engine is operable to process an instruction from a representative of a lender to modify said status for respective funds transfer instructions to pending thereby enabling approval of said funds transfer instructions. 
     
     
         8 . A loan management system according to  claim 7 , wherein said representative is a first representative, and wherein said processing engine is operable to process an instruction from a second representative to change said status from pending to approved. 
     
     
         9 . A loan management system according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 an agent fee calculation module operable to calculate an agent fee; and   said agent fee related to at least one of transactions for and amounts of said loan resources.   
     
     
         10 . A loan management system according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a user access authorization module; and   an access authorization level assigned to said user, whereby said user is granted access to various portions of said loan management system based on authorization accorded to said user by said user access authorization level.   
     
     
         11 . A loan management system according to  claim 1 , further comprising a contact list including contacts for said plurality of lenders and for said at least one borrower. 
     
     
         12 . A loan management system according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 an external data system coupled to said processing engine;   wherein said user can provide instructions to said processing engine through said user interface to access said external data system; and   said access to said external data system can be used to compare said loan information with external data, and import and export data.   
     
     
         13 . A loan management system according to  claim 1 , wherein said processing engine is further operable to generate messages to at least one of said plurality of lenders, said at least one borrower and at least one contact related to said plurality of loan resources. 
     
     
         14 . A loan management system according to  claim 13 , wherein said generated messages must be approved and released for transmission by a user having approval and release authorization. 
     
     
         15 . A loan management system according to  claim 14 , wherein said generated messages contain all information needed to initiate a loan for use as one of said plurality of loan resources. 
     
     
         16 - 33 . (canceled) 
     
     
         34 . A computer-implemented client server-based loan management system for facilitating management of syndicate loans for a syndicate manager, each syndicate loan made to a borrower by a corresponding syndicate group including at least one investor, the system comprising:
 at least one database storing lender data being related to a plurality of lenders, borrower data being related to at least one borrower, and loan resource data being related to a plurality of loan resources;   a processing system accessing the data stored in the at least one database;   a borrower management module including instructions executed by the processing system for managing the borrower information;   an investor management module including instructions executed by the processing system for managing the investor information;   a transaction management module including instructions executed by the processing system for managing the information corresponding to particular transactions;   a loan management module comprising a syndicate loan sub-module and a facility management sub-module, the loan management module including instructions executed by the processing system upon receiving a credit facility selection for identifying and retrieving information pertaining to a corresponding syndicate loan;   a report module in communication with the loan management module, the transaction management module, the borrower management module and the investor management module, the report module implemented by the processing system to generate reports related to selected parameters; and   a syndicate manager interface enabling syndicate manager access to the system.   
     
     
         35 . A loan management system according to  claim 34 , further comprising:
 a loan portion ownership transfer module operable to inform investors in said loan management system of a first investor offering a loan portion for at least one of a sale and a trade;   said loan portion ownership transfer module being further operable to consummate said at least one of said sale and said trade, whereby recordation of a transfer of said loan portion ownership is made in said loan management system;   and said transfer module is further operable to notify said first investor and an other party to said transfer of consummation of said transfer.   
     
     
         36 . A loan management system according to  claim 34 , further comprising a business logic module including stored criteria for determining if parameters of a transaction are within appropriate value ranges, wherein said business logic is operable to receive and analyze a transaction request from said user through said user interface and operable to approve said transaction request based on said criteria. 
     
     
         37 . A loan management system according to  claim 34 , wherein the investor management module further comprises:
 a set of funds transfer instructions for each of said plurality of investors;   and each of said funds transfer instructions having a status indicative of whether said funds transfer instructions are pending or approved.   
     
     
         38 . A loan management system according to  claim 34 , further comprising:
 an agent fee calculation module operable to calculate an agent fee;   and said agent fee related to at least one of transactions for and amounts of said loan resources.   
     
     
         39 . A loan management system according to  claim 34 , further comprising:
 a user access authorization module;   and an access authorization level assigned to said user, whereby said user is granted access to various portions of said loan management system based on authorization accorded to said user by said user access authorization module determined by said access authorization level.   
     
     
         40 . A loan management system according to  claim 34 , further comprising a contact list including contacts for said plurality of investors and for said at least one borrower. 
     
     
         41 . A loan management system according to  claim 34 , further comprising:
 an external data system coupled to the loan management system, wherein a user can provide instructions to loan management system through said user interface module to access said external data system;   and said access to said external data system can be used to compare said loan information with external data, and import and export data to and from the loan management system.   
     
     
         42 . A loan management system according to  claim 34 , wherein the loan management system is operable to generate messages to at least one of said plurality of investors, said at least one borrower and at least one contact related to said plurality of loan resources. 
     
     
         43 . A loan management system according to  claim 42 , wherein said generated messages must be approved and released for transmission by a user having approval and release authorization. 
     
     
         44 . A loan management system according to  claim 43 , wherein said generated messages contain all information needed to initiate a loan for use as one of said plurality of loan resources.