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Syndicated Lending by Andrew Fight
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    • Product code: 19692
    • ISBN: 0750659076, ISBN13: 9780750659079, 208 pages, paperback
      Published by Butterworth-Heinemann on 2004 , New title
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    Description of Syndicated Lending

    "Syndicated Lending" aims to increase the readers awareness of the benefits and risks involved in taking part in the Syndicated Loan market. This book covers: Who the major players in the syndication loan market are? Why syndication loans are used? syndication loan structures and documentation; and, secondary syndication loan market. It is inspired from the basic entry level training courses that have been developed by major international banks worldwide. It will enable MSc Finance students, MBA students and those already in the finance profession to gain an understanding of the basic information and principles underlying the topic under discussion. It contains questions with answers, study topics, practical "real world" examples and text with an extensive bibliography and references which ensure that learning outcomes can be immediately applied.

    Contents of Syndicated Lending

    Introduction to Syndicated Loans:
    Characteristics of a Syndicated Loan
    The Growth of the Syndicated Loan Market
    The Secondary Market in Syndicated Loans

    Attractions to the Syndicated Loan Market:
    The borrower
    The participants
    The arrangers and the agents
    Tombstone graphics
    Exercise 1
    Answer to exercise 1

    Responsibilities and Obligations of Syndicated Loan Participants:
    The borrower
    How the borrower chooses an arranger
    The participants and their responsibilities
    Other considerations affecting participants in a syndicated loan
    Roles of the arranger and the agent
    Excerise 2
    Answer to Exercise 2
    The Major

    Players in the Syndicated Loans Market:
    Syndicated loan borrowers by volume
    North American syndicated loans
    European, Middle Eastern and African syndicated loans
    Asia-Pacific syndicated loans
    Latin American syndicated loans
    Barclays Capital

    Structures Used in Syndicated Loans:
    Overview of syndications
    Term of loan
    Revolving facilities
    Committed and uncommitted facilities
    Single currency and multi-currency
    Repayment profiles
    Repayments via bond issues
    Evergreen facilities
    Senior debt, mezzanine finance, and subordinated loans
    Securitisation
    Trade finance
    Stock loans
    Project finance
    Aircraft finance
    Ship construction finance
    Non-recourse loans
    Standby credits
    Property finance
    Vodafore AirTouch

    The Loan Agreement:
    The preamble
    Definitions
    The facility
    Purpose
    Conditions precedent
    Utilisation
    Repayment
    Prepayment
    Interest rate
    Fees
    Taxes and other deductions
    Other indemnities
    Guarantee
    Representations and warranties
    Undertakings
    Indemnities
    Currency
    The agent and lenders
    Sharing payments
    Transfers of participations
    Changes of the obligors
    Notices
    Waivers, amendments and consents
    Partial invalidity
    Governing law and jurisdiction
    Legal opinions

    Loan Covenants:
    The economic function of loan covenants
    Types of covenants
    Negotiating the covenants in the loan agreement
    Functioning of covenants during the loan
    Breach of covenant
    Other issues

    Secondary Loan Markets:
    History and development of the secondary loan market
    Loans syndication trading association (LSTA)
    Loan market association (LMA)
    Glossary

    About Andrew Fight

    Andrew Fight is an international banking and training consultant with 20 years banking and finance experience and has trained in Banks and financial institutions throughout the world as well as in the U.K. His expertise is in all aspects of Corporate Credit, Analysing Banks and Financial Institutions Risk, Syndicated Lending, and Project Finance, and he has an ongoing research interest in Debt Recovery and the roles of Credit Rating Agencies in the investor creditor community. Andrew has written and developed course materials for both tailored and public courses for Euromoney Training, BPP Financial Training, Intellexis Training, the French Bankers Training Institute, Bankakademie in Germany, and aid programmes for the European Union, USAID Eurasia Foundation, and Asian Development Bank. He has also written a dozen books on Banking and Finance related subjects for Euromoney Publications, Wiley and Sons, Express Exec / Capstone Publishing. During the last year Andrew has led successful courses in Malaysia, India, Lebanon, Bulgaria, Georgia, Armenia, Algeria, France, Germany, and the UK

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