Important Legal and Regulatory Information

Terms and Conditions of Use

In using the Loan Market Association (the "LMA") website (the "Site") you accept and agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions (the "Conditions of Use").

Use of the Site

You are responsible for ensuring that you are in compliance with all laws, regulations and rules applicable to you, including the articles of association and byelaws of the LMA (copies of which are available here) in relation to your use of the Site.

The Site is not directed at any person in a jurisdiction where access to the Site is prohibited.

The Site is directed at professional investors in the loan markets and their advisors and its content may not be appropriate for use by other persons. The information in the Members Section is not generally available to non-professional investors.

3rd Party Content and Websites

The Site may contain 3rd party content, which is provided "as is", without representation or warranty of any kind. The LMA does not warrant the accuracy, timeliness, completeness, adequacy, truthfulness or fitness for any particular purpose of any 3rd party content, and the LMA shall not be liable to any party with respect to any actual or alleged inaccuracy, untimeliness, incompleteness, inadequacy, untruthfulness or unfitness. Furthermore, whilst the LMA will exercise a reasonable degree of care and skill to review 3rd party content uploaded to the Site, it shall not be liable for any breach of intellectual property or other proprietary right asserted by a party who is not the 3rd party content provider. If you are concerned about a potential breach of your intellectual property rights, please let us know (by email to lma@lma.eu.com).

The Site may also contain links to other sites owned by 3rd parties. Your use of any such site is subject to the conditions, if any, that each of those sites has posted. The LMA has no control over external sites; is not responsible for the operation or content of any external websites; and does not express any opinion with respect to such sites. You are responsible for all interaction with third parties, including any commercial transactions. The LMA will not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any of your transactions with 3rd parties. Furthermore, a link from the Site to an external website is not an endorsement or recommendation.

Accuracy and Reliance

The information on the Site is not provided for any specific purpose and does not constitute legal, regulatory, financial or other professional advice, and should not be relied upon or treated as a substitute for specific advice relevant to particular circumstances. Whilst the LMA aims to keep information on the Site current, it is provided "as is" and there are no responsibilities or warranties (express or implied) as to the accuracy, quality or fitness for any particular purpose of the Site or its contents.

Data Privacy and Confidentiality

The LMA privacy policy can be accessed here. This contains information about how we process and use your data and the rights that you have in respect of your personal data.

Unless information provided on the Site is in the public domain, you agree to keep confidential any information from the Site.

Intellectual Property

Persons using the Site acknowledge that, except where expressly varied or otherwise stated, all intellectual property rights associated with the Site (including without limitation all trade secrets and copyright) are vested with the LMA. If no specific restrictions are displayed, you may make hard copies of selected portions of the Site, provided copies are made for your personal use only. In addition, subject to any specific restrictions (including those contained in the LMA articles of association and byelaws, copies of which are available here), you may download or copy selected portions of the Site (but not the entire Site) for your legitimate and legal internal business purposes, provided any legal notices and disclaimers, copyright notices, trademark legends or other proprietary rights notices are not removed and any dissemination is provided to others free of charge. The Site and any information contained on the Site may not otherwise be republished, reproduced, distributed or transmitted to any other person or posted on any public website or alerter service. You shall not modify, remove, delete, augment, add to, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of, create derivative works from, or in any way exploit the Site, in whole or in part.

Limitations of Liability

To the extent permitted by applicable law, the LMA shall not be liable under any circumstances for any loss or damage of any kind including, without limitation, any direct, special, indirect or consequential loss or damage, arising out of or in connection with the access or use of the Site or from any reliance that may be placed by any person on any information of whatever nature which may be made available to that person as a result of using the Site.