Projections and Structuring
Learn how to prepare financial projections and structure new debt or loans.
This course is part of a
Professional Certificate
Associated Programs:
- Professional Certificate
About this course
This course is Part 4 of the Credit and Credit Risk Analysis Professional Certificate program from the New York Institute of Finance. In the first part of this course, you’ll focus on Projections. You'll begin with a review of warning signs in financial statements and industry trends that signal financial deterioration. You’ll review methodologies and approaches to performing financial projections and learn how to prepare financial projections of income statements, balance sheets, and cash flows.
In this course, you’ll analyze and assess capital structures, debt capacity, and debt amortization. Learn how to make recommendations about possible financing structures based on financial condition, performance, and projections. This course will also cover how to sensitize projects for several scenarios.
In the second part of this course, you’ll learn about structuring and touch on documentation. You'll review, analyze, and understand capital structure and financing needs for the company (borrower). You’ll learn how to make risk decisions about existing and new credit exposure and recommend new-debt financing based on financial projections and borrower’s objectives and needs. You’ll also learn how to structure new debt facilities or funding arrangements based on assessment of risks, projections, and outlook. Lastly, the course will finish with a quick look at the principles of loan-portfolio management.
In this course, you’ll analyze and assess capital structures, debt capacity, and debt amortization. Learn how to make recommendations about possible financing structures based on financial condition, performance, and projections. This course will also cover how to sensitize projects for several scenarios.
In the second part of this course, you’ll learn about structuring and touch on documentation. You'll review, analyze, and understand capital structure and financing needs for the company (borrower). You’ll learn how to make risk decisions about existing and new credit exposure and recommend new-debt financing based on financial projections and borrower’s objectives and needs. You’ll also learn how to structure new debt facilities or funding arrangements based on assessment of risks, projections, and outlook. Lastly, the course will finish with a quick look at the principles of loan-portfolio management.
What you'll learn
- Financial Warning Signs, Forecasting and Projections
- Capital Structure and Debt Capacity
- Structuring New Debt, New Exposures, and New Facilities
- Project Finance
- Loan Portfolio Management
Learner testimonials
“I earned a professional certificate in Credit Risk Analysis from the New York Institute of Finance and was pleasantly surprised by how much I learned in such a short period of time! Taking this course has helped me tremendously at work in many ways; most noticeably my credit analysis skill set grew and developed even further, resulting in an improvement in my credit reviews and much more positive feedback from my manager!”
- Pawel Kuzniar, Credit Risk Review Analyst at RBC Capital Markets, ’18 Credit Risk Analysis Professional Certificate
- Pawel Kuzniar, Credit Risk Review Analyst at RBC Capital Markets, ’18 Credit Risk Analysis Professional Certificate
Part 1
- Mod 01: Financial Warning Signs
- Mod 02: Forecasting and Projections
- Mod 03: Capital Structure
- Mod 04: Debt Capacity
- Mod 01: Structuring New Debt, New Exposures, and New Facilities
- Mod 02: Project Finance
- Mod 03: Loan Portfolio Management
- Mod 04: Class Exercise