Guide To Securities Backed Lending

Securities-based lending provides ready access to capital. From purchasing a property, buying assets, investing in stocks or growing a business, you can use securities-backed lending (also known as Lombard loans) for various purposes. Securities-based lending can be an exceptionally useful tool for creating liquidity quickly. As well as more “traditional” Lombard loans against a diverse portfolio of liquid, listed securities, Enness can also broker more unusual deals. This includes sourcing and negotiating loans against unlisted stocks, single stocks and pre-IPO loans. Lenders in this space provide funding while using the securities available to a borrower. These loans are typically used to access liquidity quickly, allowing investors to take advantage of time-sensitive opportunities. Building up a representative portfolio to gain access to this lending space change can be challenging. Enness has a proven track record in acting in clients’ best interests and negotiating the best outcome on their behalf.

Securities-based lending provides ready access to capital. From purchasing a property, buying assets, investing in stocks or growing a business, you can use securities-backed lending (also known as Lombard loans) for various purposes. Securities-based lending can be an exceptionally useful tool for creating liquidity quickly. As well as more “traditional” Lombard loans against a diverse portfolio of liquid, listed securities, Enness can also broker more unusual deals. This includes sourcing and negotiating loans against unlisted stocks, single stocks and pre-IPO loans. Lenders in this space provide funding while using the securities available to a borrower. These loans are typically used to access liquidity quickly, allowing investors to take advantage of time-sensitive opportunities. Building up a representative portfolio to gain access to this lending space change can be challenging. Enness has a proven track record in acting in clients’ best interests and negotiating the best outcome on their behalf.

This new, third edition, has added many updates regarding critical asset-based collateral subjects and issues, including regulatory Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) changes and more. Asset-based lending, or the extension of credit against company's balance sheet assets on a collateral margin basis, is a rapidly growing field in the lending arena - thanks to better controls and understanding as well as the intensification of non-bank competition in the field. Asset-Based Lending defines lending controls and policies, assessing collateral and borrower quality, loan pricing, collateral monitoring and much more, including: - Cash collateral accounts, commingling funds and controlling payments and advances - Completing notes, security agreements and other documents - Accounts receivable and inventory lending - Chattel paper, notes, machinery and equipment - Direct and third party leasing - Collateral field examinations - Factoring

In today's economic climate, credit is very tight and many companies can no longer get an unsecured loan. Understanding the concepts and the requirements of using company assets to secure necessary financing is now vital for all in-house counsel and their law firm advisers. Asset-Based Lending: A Practical Guide to Secured Financing provides step-by-step coverage of the current techniques, documents, risks, and protections at the heart of this complex specialty. This hands-on resource clearly: - explains the features, uses, mechanics, and upsides and downsides of every available secured financing technique - covers the asset categories, including accounts receivable, inventory, and equipment and fixture financing, and - instructs you on how to draft the full range of pertinent documents, with the aid of checklists and ready-to-use sample provisions and agreements. Asset-Based Lending also guides you on how to accurately assess a borrower's solvency before initiating a deal - plan for bankruptcy risks when analyzing secured loans - resolve conflicts between lead lenders and loan participants - and reduce lenders' liability exposure to environmental, securities, and tax laws. Packed with over thirty forms and checklists, Asset-Based Lending: A Practical Guide to Secured Financing is an important tool for every attorney, executive, business professional, and public official involved in secured financing.

A step-by-step guide to implementing and closing securitization transactions Securitization is still in wide use despite the reduction in transactions. The reality is that investors and institutions continue to use this vehicle for raising funds and the demand for their use will continue to rise as the world's capital needs increase. The Mechanics of Securitization specifically analyzes and describes the process by which a bank successfully implements and closes a securitization transaction in the post subprime era. This book begins with an introduction to asset-backed securities and takes you through the historical impact of these transactions including the implications of the recent credit crisis and how the market has changed. Discusses, in great detail, rating agency reviews, liaising with third parties, marketing the deals, and securing investors Reviews due diligence and cash flow analysis techniques Examines credit and cash considerations as well as how to list and close deals Describes the process by which a bank will structure and implement the deal, and how the process is project managed and tested across internal bank departments While securitization transactions have been taking place for over twenty-five years, there is still a lack of information on exactly how they are processed successfully. This book will put you in a better position to understand how it all happens, and show you how to effectively implement an ABS transaction yourself.