"SNL Financial LC is a financial information firm headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. SNL Financial collects, standardizes and disseminates all relevant corporate, financial, market and M&A data — plus news and analysis — for the industries they cover: banking, financial services, insurance, real estate, energy and media/communications. SNL Financial collects, standardizes and disseminates all relevant corporate, financial, market and M&A data — plus news and analysis — for the industries we cover: banking, financial services, insurance, real estate, energy, media/communications and metals & mining. SNL Financial was originally founded as """"S&L Securities"""" in New Jersey in 1987 with an initial focus on the savings and loan industry. But state law would not permit the incorporation of a non-bank with """"S&L"""" in the official company name. So we replaced the """"&"""" with an """"N"""" to create """"SNL."""" And our universe soon expanded well beyond savings & loans to the various business sectors we cover today. Since our founding, SNL has continuously expanded our global operations, as well as the scope and depth of our coverage and products — all without compromising the standards of quality and customer service that drive our success. Throughout our organization, SNL has infused 4 core tenets — Accuracy, Relevance, Completeness and Timeliness — and we stand behind our published information with a unique Accuracy Guarantee. SNL Financial LC is a business intelligence company. The company focuses its research on business sectors critical to the global economy including banking, financial services, media and communication, insurance, real estate, and energy sectors. It collects, standardizes and disseminates all relevant corporate, financial, market, and mergers and acquisition data. The company has an electronic database through which it offers real-time news and alerts, newsletters, news archive, complete company profiles, sec and non-sec documents, events calendar, market data, industry data, data export to excel, equity and fixed income research reports. It also provides sector-specific financials, transcripts and presentations, capital offerings, institutional ownership, credit ratings, analyst estimates, asset-level data, excel integration tools, and mapping and demographics. The company caters to banks, investment managers, corporate executives, ratings agencies, government agencies, consulting firms, law firms and media. SNL Financial LC was founded in January 1987 and is headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia with additional offices in the United States, Ahmedabad, India, Islamabad, Pakistan, and London, the United Kingdom"