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Capital MarketsTalking Shop
November 17, 2020

Talking Shop: Applying the End-User Exception From Dodd-Frank’s Swap Clearing Mandate

Context: In 2013, section 723 of The Dodd-Frank Act went into effect, which required all commercial end users of swaps to submit the swap to a derivatives clearing organization. A so-called “end-user exception” allows parties to claim exemption from the clearing mandate and continue executing uncleared swaps with their dealer counterparties if one of them: Is not a financial entity.Is using the swap to hedge or mitigate commercial risk.Provides certain information to the CFTC, including how it generally meets its…
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BankingCapital Markets
November 10, 2020

Time to Talk Revolving Credit as Signs of Recovery Emerge

Banks are eager for business as loan markets improve and more M&A dialogue takes place.Debt and loan markets are still in repair mode as they were back in April, so it’s time for corporates to talk to their relationship banks about their credit needs, particularly as it relates to revolving credit. That’s according to Jeff Stuart, EVP and head of capital markets at U.S. Bank.Revolver trends. Mr. Stuart, presenting his view of revolvers and more at NeuGroup’s Assistant Treasurers’ Leadership…
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Capital MarketsTechnology
November 5, 2020

A Technology Tool to Help Corporate Bond Issuers

BondCliQ’s solution can give companies more insight into which dealers are supporting secondary trading. A lack of liquidity in the secondary market for investment-grade corporate bonds remains a source of frustration for many corporates that have issued record amounts of debt in the wake of the financial crisis and, more recently, during the pandemic. A key reason for the liquidity problem is that broker dealers, including underwriters, have reduced their inventories of investment-grade corporate debt, in part because of regulations mandating…
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Capital MarketsInvestment Management
October 29, 2020

Nice Fit: A Matched Portfolio With a Hybrid Management Model

The benefits for one corporate of matching portfolio cash flows to debt payments and using internal and external managers.Matching assets and liabilities, a staple of pension fund managers, is central to how one NeuGroup member runs his technology company’s treasury investment portfolio—or at least a big chunk of it. At a recent NeuGroup meeting, the member explained the benefits of the matched portfolio strategy as well as the advantages of what the company calls a hybrid management model—using internal managers…
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Capital MarketsLibor SOFR
October 29, 2020

Will You Be Ready When Libor Is No Longer “Representative”?

Preparing for fallback language that could be triggered when a UK regulator deems Libor non-representative.The global pandemic has not slowed the march toward Libor’s demise, scheduled for the end of 2021. And corporates have a lot to do long before then. Just last week, ISDA launched a fallback supplement and protocol, marking what it called a “major step” in reducing the impact of Libor becoming unavailable “while market participants continue to have exposure” to it.The supplement includes “robust fallbacks for…
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BankingCapital MarketsFX
October 27, 2020

Looking Into the Capital Markets Crystal Ball: Trump vs. Biden

Uncertainty over the outcome after election day means more volatility, potential opportunities. Whether it’s Donald Trump or Joe Biden sitting in the Oval Office next year, many capital markets prognosticators expect the US economic recovery to remain on track and the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates low—relatively good news for investment-grade companies selling more debt, but troublesome for treasury investment managers searching for yield. Beyond that, things get more complicated. A European bank that recently sponsored a NeuGroup meeting of…
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Capital MarketsESGRisk Management
October 27, 2020

The ESG Evolution: Finding Each Corporate’s Starting Point

Treasury’s role is critical as ratings agencies translate financial soundness into ESG readiness.Credit rating agencies face daunting challenges, not only with old-fashioned credit ratings, but also their efforts to gauge corporates’ environmental, social and governmental (ESG) status. In fact, corporate treasury’s approach to the former can significantly impact the agencies’ views on the latter, according to Karl Pettersen, managing director and chief sustainability officer and the head of ratings advisory at Societe Generale. ESG rating and scoring firms, some of…
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Capital MarketsCash & Working CapitalESG
October 27, 2020

Why Parking Cash on the Balance Sheet May Trump Bigger Revolvers

Key takeaways from the NeuGroup for Capital Markets 2020 H2 meeting, sponsored by Deutsche Bank. By Joseph Neu Bond issues are the new RCF.  Discussion on the topic of how to divvy up extra liquidity in terms of cash on the balance sheet vs. a bigger revolving credit facility (RCF) yielded the recommendation that most firms with the ratings capacity are better off issuing bonds and parking cash on their balance sheet. The bond market is supportive, and bank credit…
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Capital MarketsESGTechnology
October 22, 2020

A Homegrown ESG Dashboard in Search of Better Data

A tech company builds its own tool to get a holistic view of ESG ratings but bemoans social data quality. Many companies in the NeuGroup Network are devoting significant resources to better address environmental, social and governmental (ESG) issues that are increasingly critical to how investors and other stakeholders view corporates. But not many treasury teams have access to an ESG dashboard, something one member who works at a large technology company described to peers at a recent meeting of…
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Capital MarketsCOVID-19
October 15, 2020

Pandemic Shows Corporates Which Credit Analysts See Beyond the Crisis

Volatility and uncertainty boost the importance of analysts with experience and perspective.The pandemic has been a first-of-its-kind challenge for corporates, their banks and investors, each trying to make sense of extreme circumstances and forecast what it all might mean. Credit rating agencies face their own challenges and are taking different approaches to the crisis that, according to participants in a recent NeuGroup meeting for large-cap companies, reflect relative strengths and weaknesses.   One member whose company had plenty of liquidity…
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