The area of Corporate Finance – Debt focuses its activity on the debt market and structured financing; it is supported by professionals with a high level of expertise and motivation and the necessary know-how of structure financing and investment solutions as well as to provide consulting services in this market segment.
The Corporate Finance – Debt team combines in-depth knowledge of the products offered and a tailor-made approach that is based on innovative solutions prepared in the exact image of the client’s needs, focused on structuring assuring that every transaction developped brings maximum value for the client.
Debt Market
In a world where the main trend is disintermediation and the globalization of financial markets, the access to capital markets is of utmost importance as a source of financing and investment.
The corporate debt team is the appropriate partner to seek solutions inside the debt market, namely:
Combines expertise in the structure and assembly process of products, underwriting, and syndication with an effective selling force (the debt market sales team of Group CGD is present in Portugal, Spain, France and the United Kingdom, covering all the main European markets); and,
Has proven skills in a wide range of products and services e.g. bonds (plain vanilla and more complex structures), commercial paper, syndicated loans, advice in domestic or international rating processes and risk management (e.g. monolines).
Structured Financing
The ever more complex, idiosyncratic nature of an increasing number of clients’ needs, calls for solutions that are shaped by an innovative spirit and structure driven.
The following main products and services provided by the Corporate Finance – Debt team can be highlighted:
Solutions in asset securitization;
Domestic and cross-border structured leasings;
Fiscal and/or accounting optimization structures.
CaixaBI has added responsibilities as a Specialist Treasury Securities Trader and has demonstrated strong capacity both in terms of market-making as in the distribution and placement of national public debt on its investors’ network.
The dimension of its fixed-income product distribution capacity for customers is currently of a European magnitude, having succeeded in establishing a network of relationships comprising more than 1000 regular customers, spread out over Europe as a whole, particularly in Spain, France, Germany, Finland, Denmark, Norway and of course the United Kingdom.
From commercial paper to covered bonds, including convertible and/or exchangeable bonds, structured to a greater or lesser extent, CaixaBI’s track record for the international distribution of this type of product is very solid.