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DBS Bank
Workshop on Structured Finance

Structured Finance:

  • Redesign corporate debt and equity to support M&A
  • Securitize financial assets
  • Create hybrids to solve issuer or investor problems
Day 1
Leveraged and Acquisition Finance

Day 2
Financing with Asset-Backed Securities

Day 3
Structured Notes and Debt-Equity Hybrids

See Also:

DBS Workshop on Corporate Financial Restructuring

Background Materials on Corporate Finance

Financial Restructuring in Asia: Issues and Opportunities
 

Related websites:
giddy.org
giddyonline.com
financefixit.com
asiansecuritization.com
 

   
DBS Bank
Workshop on Structured Finance

Ian Giddy
New York University


Structured Finance is the design of debt or equity financing techniques in order to solve particular issuer or investor problems that cannot be solved by conventional methods.

Schedule and Case Study Assignments



Day 1
Leveraged and Acquisition Finance
Time Topic  Remarks
8:30-10:15 The role of leverage and structured securities in Western and Asian M&A deals Applications of valuation in acquisitions and divestitures
10:30-12:00 How to structure and price the leverage for an acquisition.  Introduction to leveraged finance case
12:00-13:00 Working lunch Group discussion of LBO case
13:00-14:00 Office time  
14:00-14:30 Leveraged buy-out case study Discussion of case
14:30-16:00 Leveraged recapitalization Recap case study
16:00-17:00 Post-acquisition leveraged finance EMAS case study
17:00-17:30 Discussion: When is it suitable for DBS clients?



Day 2
Financing with Asset-Backed Securities
Time Topic  Remarks
8:30-10:00 Asset-Backed Securities: Rationale and Process Discussion of Finance Company Bhd and other cases
10:00-11:00 Legal, accounting and regulatory issues in ABS Discussion of 6 Battery Road and KAMCO cases
11:00-12:00 Special topic: Securitization of trade receivables ABCP case study: Phebus
12:00-13:00 Working lunch Group work on Ford Motor case study
13:00-14:00 Office time  
14:00-15:00 ABS cost-benefit evaluation Analysis of Ford Motor case
15:00-16:00 Special topic: CLOs and CDOs Case studies: KAMCO and Singa
16:00-17:30 Applications of securitization: when is it suitable for DBS clients? Discussion of Hong Kong Cards case



Day 3
Structured Notes and Debt-Equity Hybrids
Time Topic  Remarks
8:30-9:00 When should a company issue quasi-equity or hybrid securities? Discussion of financing choices flowchart
9:00-10:00 Callable bonds, options, swaptions and other fixed-income derivatives embedded in structured financing techniques Demonstation of hands-on use of pricing models
10:00-12:00 Design and pricing of fixed-income structured notes Group work on reverse floater case
12:00-13:00 Working lunch Case study
13:00-14:00 Office time  
14:00-15:00 Design of convertibles, warrants and other debt-equity hybrids Singapore and regional applications
15:00-16:30 Identification of client need, use of capital markets and treasury instruments and derivatives Discussion of credit swaps, synthetic ABS, and related instruments
16:30-17:30 Summary of workshop and next steps


Articles

What is Leveraged Finance?
Leveraged Finance in Asia
LBOs in Europe

Case Studies
ASAT -- A Hong Kong LBO
MANDO -- A Korean LBO
EMAS -- After the LBO

Links

Asiaventure
Financefixit.com
Asiansecuritization.com


Background Materials
Background Materials on Corporate Finance may be found at the following website:
http://giddy.org/ibmfinance/finmat.htm
Excel spreadsheets for Corporate Finance and Valuation may be found at:
http://giddy.org/ibmfinance/spreadsheets.htm



 

Related websites:

giddyonline.com
giddy.org
financefixit.com
globalsecuritization.com

Also:
books.giddyonline.com
music.giddyonline.com
shop.giddyonline.com



Copyright © 2000 Ian H. Giddy. All rights reserved.
August 18, 2000
Ian Giddy
ian.giddy@nyu.edu
http://giddy.org