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Advanced Credit analysis

What is covered?

A practical workshop which builds participants’ corporate credit analysis skills.  We apply a structured framework of qualitative and quantitative analysis, covering risk analysis; market indicators such as bond and equity pricing; performance evaluation; cash-flow analysis; debt servicing capacity; risk and return and the implications of Basel 3

Participants complete a short credit rating exercise prior to the course - “rating” a corporate credit risk exposure. This case study forms the core of a review of the key components of a corporate credit risk analysis during the course..

Who will benefit?

To obtain maximum benefit participants should already have

• A sound understanding of the key issues in corporate credit analysis;
• Familiarity with the principal features of Excel
• Familiarity with banking documentation and core banking and Capital Markets debt products

 

Course Content

The structure of a credit risk assessment and relative value

• Components of credit risk assessment
• What is included in a corporate credit risk rating?
• Credit ratings and the use of rating migration matrices
• Recovery rates vs default rates
• CDS, bond spreads and share price movements

Qualitative risk assessment – External factors

• Credit risk and economic cycles, political and regulatory issues
• Understanding the structure, characteristics and ratios of the sector
• Key drivers of sector profitability and cash-flows
• Assessing critical success factors
• Sector default rates

• Analysis of past financial performance
• Key measures of performance (growth rates, margins, coverage ratios)
• Historical trends and benchmarking against peers
• Defining, calculating and using operating cash flow
• Cash vs. accrual accounting, operating leases, capitalized expenses, pension and tax expenses
• Structure of cash flow statements
• Consolidation principles and impact on cash flow analysis
• Cash flow measures – uses and limitations
• Typical ratios used in corporate credit analysis
• Sector ratio specifics
• Peer group analysis

Evaluating a company’s financial risk and strategy

• Balancing business risk and financial risk
• Treasury objectives: tenor matching, funding and liquidity needs
• The effect of leverage on shareholder returns and the cost of capital.
• Evaluating solvency and debt capacity
• Liquidity issues
• Overview of debt structuring issues
• Forecasting business and risk profiles

Risk and Return

• Principles of credit pricing
• Implications of the credit crisis and Basle 3

Applying the skills developed during the training

• Case study : Review background of an investment opportunity and make a summarized written application