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LOAN SYNDICATION AND CONSORTIUM FINANCE

LOAN SYNDICATION
It is a loan extended by a group of banks to a corporate
borrower.
It is a single loan arrangement.
Lead bank will be selected by the group of banks.
Usually term loans are provided.
Firm may avail the service of a merchant banker to
arrange for loan syndication.
Important Roles in Syndicated Loans
Lead Manager:
The lead manager is a bank that is awarded the
mandate by the prospective borrower and is
responsible for placing the syndicated loan with the
other banks and ensures that the syndication is fully
subscribed. They are entitled to the arrangement
fee and undergo a reputation risk during this process.
Participating Bank:

This bank participates in the syndication by lending a


portion of the total amount required. It is entitled to
receive the interest and the participation fee. But it,
however, faces risks such as: -
* Borrower credit risk
* Passive approval and complacency
Underwriting Bank
It is the bank that commits to supplying the funds to
the borrower - if necessary from its own resources if
the loan is not fully subscribed. The lead manager or
another bank may play this role. Not all syndications
are underwritten. The risk is that the loan may not be
fully subscribed.
Facility Manager / Agent
This bank takes care of all the administrative
arrangements over the term of loan,
e.g.,disbursements, repayments, compliance.
This bank acts on behalf of all the banks participating.
This may be either the lead manger or the
underwriting bank.
Syndicated loans used for……
 Working capital credit (refinancing of small lines of
credit, etc.);
 Export finance (including ECAs);
 Capital goods financing (machinery, etc.);
 Mergers & Acquisitions;
 Project finance (SPVs, structured according to cash flow);
 Stand-by facilities;
Trade finance (Letters of credit, promissory notes,
forfeiting);
Guarantees (supply, service, etc.)
Advantages
 Allows the borrower to access from a diverse group of
financial institutions.
 Borrowers can raise funds more cheaply in the
syndicated loan market than by borrowing the same
amount of money through a series of bilateral loans.
This cost saving increases as the amount required
rises.
Disadvantages
 Each bank needs to come to an understanding of the
business and how its financial activities are conducted.
 A comfort level must be established on both sides of the
transaction, which requires time and effort.
 Negotiating a document with one bank can take days. To
negotiate documents with four to five banks separately is a
time-consuming, inefficient task.
 Staggered maturities must be monitored and orchestrated.
 Multiple lines require an inter-creditor agreement among
the banks, which takes additional time to negotiate.
CONSORTIUM FINANCE
Under consortium financing, several banks (or
financial institutions) finance a single borrower with
common appraisal, common documentation, joint
supervision and follow-up exercises, these banks have
a common agreement between them, the process is
somewhat similar to loan syndication.

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