Welcome back. Last week we looked at underwriting a $250K high yield transaction through the eyes of an independent lessor. Our existing customer, RedBet LLC, had properly paid off two short term leases with us, leaving us a small exposure on a third lease (total exposure had been $320K). RedBet is now coming back to finance of $250K in vacuum tank trailers, a sale that is very important to our preferred vendor. RedBet is an oilfield servicing firm headquartered in New Mexico. We asked, “Would you do this deal? Why or why not?”
As much as we appreciate our lessee, we know that it’s even more important for us to value our preferred vendor. With the oil business in decline and our vendor needing to close every sale, this transaction may make or break our relationship with the vendor (who we think could find another funding source to do this deal). In spite of the oil industry downturn, we want to retain this vendor relationship because (a) the vendor is also offering us high quality non-oilfield transactions, (b) the cyclical oil business will eventually come back, (c) this vendor’s originations have been very profitable for us (high yield and excellent performance−so far), (d) we don’t have a concentration in oilfield exposures, and (e) good vendor relationships like this are hard to develop.
In addition, with a yield > 17%, the transaction could generate substantial income for us. So instead of categorically declining this oil industry transaction, we look for a way to get
Agro-Chem, Inc. is a regional producer of agricultural chemicals based in Houston Texas that needs help making a lease versus purchase decision. By understanding the material presented, we will be able to come to a decision. However, after reviewing the information presented, there are a few problems that need to be investigated before finalizing our recommendation. Agro-Chem, Inc. chose to go with the financial manager’s idea of using a discount rate of 14% (average risk) to figure out the present value costs of leasing and purchasing even though the assistant treasure suggested a 12% (low risk) discount rate. Agro-Chem, Inc. brought in the company’s CPA to help settle the debate
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2. the majority of instalment contracts is sold with recourse to unrelated financial institutions at an agreed upon rate which is below the contractual interest rate of the instalment contract
Our current vendor has reached their 3-year renewal period. As part of our operations management strategy, we like to reevaluate each contract before it’s renewed using a value matrix. We have considered 3 alternative vendors to compare our current vendor who is more than adequate, we are simple taking this opportunity to evaluate if the services and cost is competitive at $40K a year.
We estimate that 27% of adult Americans under the age of 65 have health conditions that would likely leave them uninsurable if they applied for individual market coverage under pre-ACA underwriting practices that existed in nearly all states. While a large share of this group has coverage through an employer or public coverage where they do not face medical underwriting, these estimates quantify how many people could be ineligible for individual market insurance under pre-ACA practices if they were to ever lose this coverage. This is a conservative estimate as these surveys do not include sufficient detail on several conditions that would have been declinable before the ACA (such as HIV/AIDS, or hepatitis C). Additionally, millions more have
Pursuant to 19 CFR 174, a protest is being filed on behalf of the importer of record, Schlosser Forge Company. The refund amount requested is $47.81 in duties previously paid. Expeditors is acting on behalf of the importer pursuant to a power of attorney.
Global business environment has become more unstable, supplier negotiations have taken important new role on helping improve corporate competitiveness. The goal of most supplier negotiations today is no longer just to get the lowest price. It is also to find new and innovative ways to meet a wide variety of business challenges, often by tapping into the knowledge and expertise of the supplier community and a good relationship.
Underwriting risk – The risk that the issue may be undersubscribed leading to Chase taking up
Exxon and Chevron are no doubt some of the leading incorporated oil companies on the globe. Exxon Corp. is the second largest oil firm after Royal Dutch Shell, it is respected for getting the biggest revenue return in 2008 which no company in the U.S. have ever reported before. According to Wilson (2009) Chevron has managed to show a lot of profitability in the market despite the decease in its oil production. It graded as one of firms which made a billion dollars profit within a week in the period of July to September 2008. Regardless of profitability trends set by the two oil firms in the U.S. market, they have been facing financial decline like the rest of the companies in other industries. The two firms are like two sailing ships which are taking longer time to sink. In the last few years, the production capacity of Chevron and Exxon has decreased and their listings on the stock market have become weak. The continuation of construction and drilling which requires billions of dollars in expense of oil production might make them experience a bigger financial crisis (Wilson, 2009).
The company could also eventually earn a reputation as poor supplier that cannot meet customers’ expectations which would potentially cause the company to lose money and in a worst case scenario, go out of business. Outsourcing an important process could also compromise confidential information, which could lead to the selected vendor using that information to acquire new business; therefore Donna must bind the selected vendor to a contract that prevents the vendor from supplying other customers with that product.
The subject matter of the case is presented as a negotiation between a real estate developer, Hawkins, and a possible anchor tenant, Discount Marketplace. Both parties are represented by professional negotiators: Myra Hart is representing the Hawkins Company and Genia is representing the Discount Marketplace.
A) Using historical recovery rates, what is the implied probability of default? What is the implied IRR?
underwriters would be confident in success of a deal due to favorable economic conditions and solid
(Lewicki, 2010, p. 585) Fontaine and Gaudin did not prepared to negotiate the full contract. They did not anticipate nor prepare to resolve additional issues. Due to their inexperience, Fontaine and Gaudin were not the correct pairing to conduct the renegotiation, as well, they did not have decision making authority. They had to contact senior level management in order to reach a final agreement. This delay extended the negotiation timeline. Adding to the already stressful situation, the prospect of losing Reliant as a consistent client prosed a potential major issue, especially relating to supply as it would be difficult to identify another client to fill the former demand level. Also, Pacific senior leaders delayed their decision to expand into PVC products, over a year. This delay created uncertainty with the forecast for VCM and derivate products, which had a negative marketing impact for one of the top essential products. Also, contributing to the list of weaknesses, Fontaine’s definition of a successful negotiation differed from the corporate office, in that, he linked a successful negotiation outcome to keeping Reliant as a client by extending the current terms of the contract, solely. However, just as important, Fontaine neglected to take into account all the other potential issues or points of
Furthermore, the need to recall certain customers increased the overall process duration. As a result, many potentially qualified customers are lost due to self-withdrawal. Second, we’ve concluded the underwriting process is the bottleneck of the entire operation. Currently, it takes an average of 40.5 minutes per application to be put through. By comparing the inflow and outflow numbers, the yield/throughput results to .33. Two factors contribute to the low yield rate. 1) As mentioned earlier, 14.6 of the 100 inputted applicants withdrew their applications due to the process duration. 2) Of the remaining applications, 52 of the 100 inputted applicants were rejected because they were not qualified. Lastly, looking into the quality assessment procedure, no additional work value is added to the application. However, accurate information is vital before the application is passed through. The two associates in this step create a supply constraint for the overall process. This is evident in that the implied utilization measures 1.08, meaning the two associates cannot complete all tasks.