Credit Analysis for Lenders includes

skills certificate

Credit Analysis for Lenders

| skills-certificate

skills certificate

Credit Analysis for Lenders

| Skills Certificate
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4

Hours

18

Practical exercises

1

Exam

Build a comprehensive understanding of the credit process undertaken by the lenders of a loan. Examine the different risks involved against the loan, the tools used to mitigate these risks, and how to analyze a borrower’s ability to meet future obligations. The knowledge and skills developed can be applied directly to any credit analyst role.

Credit Risk Overview

17 video minutes

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Video minutes 17

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  • How banks make money
  • The credit perspective
  • How bad loans affect banks
  • Intro to the credit process
  • The 5 Cs of credit
  • Quantifying credit risk
  • Default risk
  • Loss given default risk

Controlling Credit Risk

39 video minutes

3 excel exercises

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Video minutes 39

Excel Exercises 3

  • The components of the credit memo
  • Determining the risk in lending for various purposes
  • Using pricing and fees to mitigate risk and drive the bank’s return
  • The role of covenants in monitoring the loan
  • How banks minimize risk by selling off pieces of the loan
  • Using seniority, security, collateral and guarantees to protect the loan
  • How banks minimize risk by selling off pieces of the loan

Business Risk

10 video minutes

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Video minutes 10

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  • Understanding business risk (macro, industry, and company)
  • A closer look at company risk
  • Management risk
  • Estimating business risk

Financial Risk

48 video minutes

4 excel exercises

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Video minutes 48

Excel Exercises 4

  • Determining on and off-balance sheet obligations
  • Assessing the quality and efficiency of a company’s assets
  • How to calculate EBIT and EBITDA for credit analysis
  • How OWC can impact a company’s cash flow
  • Assessing cash flow adequacy
  • Measuring a companies ability to withstand fluctuations
  • Liquidity definition and calculations

Debt Capacity

36 video minutes

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Video minutes 36

Excel Exercises 6

  • Determining how much room a company has to borrow additional funds
  • Analyzing a company’s cash flow to determine borrowing capacity
  • Using base case, upside, and downside scenarios to determine debt capacity
  • Using cash flow analysis to determine the timings of a loan repayment
  • Extending debt capacity using cash flows from later years in the forecast
  • Modeling credit scenarios

Credit Analysis Case in Point

37 video minutes

5 excel exercises

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Video minutes 37

Excel Exercises 5

  • -Business Risk – Using descriptive materials provided, simulated 10-k snippets, press releases, etc
  • Financial Risk (current financial position, quality of earnings, cash flow, liquidity)
  • Discussion of Smithy’s corporate structure and structural subordination issues
  • Debt Capacity (cash flow forecasts, debt service coverage ratio DSCR, building scenarios)
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No. Everything you need is included, from instructor-led videos and Excel exercises to the exams.

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