Debt Capital Markets case studies, worked step by step

Cases
100
Traced to a firm
34
Topics
12
Hard
30
Topic
All topicsPrivate credit and direct lending8Debt capacity and loan structuring9Bond issuance and execution9Credit analysis and ratings12Asset-backed, project and real-asset lending8Structured finance and securitisation9Leveraged finance and LBO financing11Capital structure decisions6Rates and hedging8Liability management and refinancing8Indian debt market execution5Restructuring and recoveries7
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  1. 057A sponsor financing a buyout can use a floating term loan B or a fixed high yield bond with three years of call protection. Compare cost when rates rise and fall, and the cost of exiting in year 2.Leveraged finance and LBO financingCoreLazardAmsterdam · 2025
  2. 068Build a simple delinquency model for a mortgage pool using monthly roll rates between arrears buckets, project the 90+ bucket for three months, and say which borrower factors you would add.Structured finance and securitisationCoreNeuberger BermanChicago · 2024
  3. 080A company at 25x earnings issues bonds at 8% to buy back its own shares. What happens to EPS, and what happens to leverage and the rating as bondholders see it?Leveraged finance and LBO financingCoreDeutsche BankSan Francisco · 2025
  4. 085A software company with Rs 400 crore of recurring revenue and thin EBITDA offers a senior loan, mezzanine with warrants, or equity. Where in the capital structure would you invest?Private credit and direct lendingCoreHPS Investment PartnersNew York · 2021
  5. 086Can debt ever be more expensive than equity? A distressed company is offered a rescue loan at 16% plus a 3% fee plus warrants for 10% of the equity, or a rights issue at a 30% discount. Which money costs more?Leveraged finance and LBO financingCoreTD SecuritiesNew York · 2025
  6. 094Evaluate a five-year secured bond from a logistics company at 10.25% and identify all the relevant risks: EBITDA Rs 180 crore, debt Rs 720 crore, one customer at 38% of revenue and a heavy warehouse lease book.Credit analysis and ratingsCoreNuveenChicago · 2025
  7. 100Two borrowers each have revenue of Rs 1,000 crore, EBITDA of Rs 150 crore and debt of Rs 450 crore. One has half its costs fixed, the other a tenth. Revenue falls 20%. What happens to each, and what does operating leverage mean for the lender versus the shareholder?Credit analysis and ratingsCoreOaktree Capital ManagementLos Angeles · 2024

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