Another common term used in debt financing is the “escrow”. Here it relates to cash, securities or other valuable instruments that are held by a third party to ensure that the obligations under a contract are discharged. By doing so, the third party’s risk is being mitigated. This is commonly used in infrastructure projects like […]

Note Issuance facility is merely a method of financing that involves repeat issues of a short term debt instrument to the most competitive bidder through auctions.

When combined with a Revolving Underwriting Facility (RUF i.e. an underwriting facility which is extended in every round of fund-raising), the issue will devolve on the underwriter, if the […]

In debt financing, we often hear the term “hypothecation of xx”.
Hypothecation simply refers to the pledging of assets as security for the funds borrowed.
A typical example is the bank lending working capital which involves a hypothecation of INVENTORIES and BOOK DEBTS.  In this case, the current assets still remain with the borrower but in case […]

We often hear terms like the assets of the company being charged to the lender, this article on glossary of debt shall briefly describe some of the distinguished features of charges and its ranking. Also, we see how a high or low debt to equity ratio is so important in the event of liquidation.
When a […]

We normally see Covenants in agreement between the lender and the borrower.

In this article on Glossary of Debt, we look at some of the salient points of Covenants.

Covenants are conditions imposed on loans and bonds to protect lenders against defaults.

They normally stipulate things like:

Minimum level of asset […]