Nov 16, 2010

lowering a synthetic credit rating

Hi All,

Not sure if this is the correct place to post this, but would love to hear some ideas on this.

I am performing a synthetic credit rating on a company, and need to figure out a way to decrease there credit rating (ie to achieve a higher interest rate) for a loan this company is receiving. (intercompany loan).

Has anyone got any ideas on how to achieve this, without fiddling with the balance sheet/profit loss statement.

Ideas such as other synthetic instruments or something that could lead to a dcreased credit rating. Or terms that could be build into the loan that would increase the interest rate??

Thanks in advance.

3 Comments
 

Ah, transfer pricing. Gotta love that integrity. Here are some words you can use to justify your increased rate: Illiquidity premium-can't offload an I/C loan, so it'd be more expensive than a syndicated loan of the same rating

Size premium-see above

Country risk/unhedged forex risk premium-if the borrower is in a foreign country

Structural Subordination premium-if the company would need to pay key suppliers first in the event of a bankruptcy

Liquidation premium-the asset coverage ratio is actually lower than the B/S data would suggest because of difficulties in monetizing.

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