SNL Financial LC provides industry-specific financial market data feed of public and private companies worldwide. The company offers sector-specific financials, including sector-specific performance metrics and financial statements for making comparisons; transcripts and presentations for searching recent and archived documents, such as investor presentations and conference call transcripts of a company; and mergers and acquisitions data, which includes information on termination fees, lockup agreements, cost savings, restructuring charges, deal accretion/dilution, regulatory and shareholder approvals, advisers, and adviser fees. It also collects capital offerings made by companies, including common and preferred equity, trust-preferred securities, and convertible and non-convertible debt, as well as medium-term notes; institutional ownership data that allows users to analyze ownership at institutional, mutual fund, and stake holder/insider levels; credit ratings; estimates and research reports that provide consensus and individual analyst estimate metrics; and asset-level market data. The company provides solutions for investment banking and capital markets, investment management, private equity, corporations, credit risk, consultants, government agencies, universities, and law and accounting firms. It serves investment banks, investment managers, corporate executives, ratings agencies, government agencies, consulting firms, and law firms; financial institutions, which include banking, credit unions, insurance, and financial services; real estate; energy sector that includes electric power, natural gas, coal, and renewable power; media and communications; and metals and mining. SNL Financial LC was formerly known as S&L Securities. The company was founded in 1987 and is based in Charlottesville, Virginia with offices worldwide. As of September 1, 2015, SNL Financial LC operates as a subsidiary of S&P Global, Inc.