Corporate Banking and Loan Syndications in Canada Canada Corporate Banking Financial Institutions by Matt - July 25, 2016March 3, 20190 This introduction to general corporate banking is available in full in our corporate banking section. Corporate banking is a financing group which provides lending and ancillary services to large corporate, institutional and government clients while serving as secondary relationship coverage to the investment banking team. Loan products include revolving credit facilities (RCFs
Hedging Interest Rate Risk Corporate Finance Debt Capital Markets Sales & Trading by Matt - July 25, 2016February 25, 20180 Risk From Rising Interest Rates When organizations issue debt, they face interest rate risk – that is risk from fluctuations in benchmark interest rates (the government or bank interest rate that their loan interest is based on) may cause cash flow obligations to increase. Simply, if interest rates rise, future interest
Hedging Policy for Corporates – Strategic Hedging Programs Sales & Trading Treasury by Matt - July 24, 2016September 24, 20180 Strategic Hedging as a Requirement Hedging may be part of a larger structured solution above the oversight of the treasurer and even the CFO. In these cases, a bespoke solution must be thought out that takes several considerations into account while servicing a specific goal of the firm. The CEO, investment
Floating Production Storage Unit FPSO Primer Oilfield Services by Matt - July 22, 2016January 8, 20210 What is an FPSO? An FPSO is a floating production, storage and offloading unit. They compromise an important offshore oilfield infrastructure-like equipment. Types of Floating Storage Units Floating Storage Production and Offloading (FPSO) Floating Storage Regasification Unit (FRSU) Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) Floating Storage Offloading (FSO) Floating Production Offloading (FPO)
Do Investment Bankers Do Drugs? Culture by Matt - July 20, 2016May 20, 20190 Common Misconception About Investment Bankers I remember interviewing this student from a very technical and academic school. He had a 4.0 GPA, had high 90's in all of his quantitative courses and could play multiple instruments - he was even in an orchestra! He answered every one of my technical questions
Microsoft Excel Best Practices For Investment Bankers Part II Financial Modelling by Matt - July 16, 2016May 27, 20180 A managing director decides to follow up with a client in terms of pitching a prospective acquisition target. From: MD@yourbank.com To: Bob@client.com Hi Bob, Hope you’ve had a nice weekend. Would you be interested in taking a look at some updated valuation materials for Paris Baugette as per our discussion in April? Kind Regards, MD From: MD@yourbank.com To:
Corporate Banking Deal Screening Corporate Banking by Matt - July 14, 2016August 15, 20180 Written by a corporate banker at a global bank Why Are Loans Screened? For front office corporate banking professionals, additional credit (new money to be committed to a client) is screened by two divisions. The first division is the same as any other part of commercial banking - the risk management division. The
Microsoft Excel Best Practices for Investment Bankers Part I Accounting Financial Modelling Life & Work by Matt - July 1, 2016June 23, 20180 Your Excel Skills Suck! Excel is used in every office – healthcare, corporate, government, home, laboratory – not just investment banking. Excel is recognizable to everyone – a bunch of black text and numbers, an underline and a =SUM(A2:A10) function that adds up your expenses for the week. What people do not