IBSL Diploma in Corporate Banking Exam case studies
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The Diploma in Corporate Banking is one of the diploma-level programmes listed in the course catalogue of the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka (IBSL), the professional banking body first established in 1964 as the Bankers' Training Institute (Ceylon) by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and re-incorporated in 1979 under the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka (Incorporation) Act No. It sits alongside sister diplomas such as Credit Management, Treasury & Risk Management, International Trade, Compliance, SME Finance and Retail Banking, which signals its intended audience: bankers moving beyond branch-level retail work into the corporate relationship, credit and transaction-banking space. The IBSL Diploma in Corporate Banking Exam case studies are 5 cases and about 6,290 words.
1Meridian Precision: covenant breach, waiver and a request for more money
Meridian Precision Components GmbH has a EUR 85m term loan maturing 2029 and a EUR 20m RCF. Your bank is documentation agent, holding EUR 17m of the term loan and EUR 4m of the RCF; a 14-bank syndicate holds the rest.
1,280 words, about 6 min2Volta Foods: discrepant documents under a frozen shrimp letter of credit
Your bank is issuing bank under an irrevocable sight credit for EUR 4.8m opened for Volta Foods BV, a long-standing borrower with a EUR 6m trade facility currently undrawn, in favour of a shrimp exporter in Kochi. Latest shipment 15 November, expiry 30 November, presentation period 21 days, CIF Rotterdam.
1,226 words, about 6 min3Packaging buyout: exercising market flex on an underwritten term loan
Your bank is left lead arranger and sole underwriter of a EUR 240m seven-year term loan B plus a EUR 40m five-year RCF supporting a sponsor buyout of a European packaging group at 6.0x total leverage on EUR 33m EBITDA. The sponsor contributes 45% equity.
1,221 words, about 6 min4Northbridge Retail: new money, priming and a credit fund on the register
Northbridge Retail Group has a EUR 120m term loan maturing 2028, on which your bank holds EUR 38m, and a EUR 30m RCF maturing next September, fully drawn with your share at EUR 9m. The bank also has a EUR 5m FX forward showing EUR 1.8m mark-to-market against the company.
1,314 words, about 7 min5Aldergate Commodities: onboarding a metals trader with layered ownership
Aldergate Commodities Trading Ltd, incorporated in England with a Dubai-based sole director, applies for a EUR 25m multicurrency revolving and trade facility to finance non-ferrous metals. The ownership chain runs Aldergate to a Cyprus holding company to a BVI company holding 60%, whose shares are held by a nominee for a Jersey family trust; the remaining 40% sits with a UAE individual.
1,249 words, about 6 min