Module 43.2: Corporate Debt and Funding Alternatives Flashcards
What is a bilateral loan vs. a syndicated loan?
bilateral - funded by a single bank
syndicated loan - group of banks is the syndicate
what is commercial paper?
short term debt securities whose interest cost is less than interest on a bank loan. yield slightly higher than short term sovereign debt.
what is bridge financing?
debbt that is temporary until longer term financing is secured
what is the tenor on US commercial paper vs. Eurocommercial paper?
270 days or less for US
364 days for Eurocommercial
What are the two factors a company will face when dealing with rollover difficulties?
1) there is deterioration in a company’s actual or perceived ability to repay the debt
2) significant systemic financial distress, like the 2008 financial crisis.
what are backup lines of credit?
the bank agrees to provide the funds when the paper matures if needed, except in case of material adverse change (i.e company’s financial position changes).
how is commercial paper typically issued?
at a discount with interest due at maturity (similar to a zero coupon bond)
What is a serial bond issue?
bonds are issued with several maturity dates so that a portion of the issue is redeemed periodically.
what is considered a short, medium. and long term corporate bond?
short - less than 5 years
medium - between 5 and 12 years
long - more than 12 years/
What are MTN’s or medium term note maturities?
issued in various maturities ranging from non months to periods as long as 10 years.
What are structured financial instruments?
securities designed to change the risk profile of an underlying debt security, often by combining the debt security with a derivative.
What is a credit-linked note?
it’s a yield enhancement instrument that has regular coupon payments, but its redemption value depends on whether a specific credit event occurs.
can be viewed as purchasing a note and simultaneously selling a credit default swap.
what are capital protected instruments?
offers a guarantee of a minimum value at maturity as well as some potential upside gain.
for example, purchasing a zero coupon bond and buying a 1 year call option on the reference stock index
what are participation instruments?
has payments that are based on the value of an underlying instrument. example are floating rate notes linked to LIBOR or other equity indexes.
What are leveraged instruments?
inverse floaters structure with leverage so that the change in the coupon rate in some multiple of the change in the reference rate.