Credit markets and advisory solutions for investment banks and advisory firms
We empower our credit markets and advisory clients with exhaustive research and analytics support across the deal life cycle, creating further bandwidth for idea generation and deal execution
The global debt markets have been pushed higher by the pandemic. As investors across the globe hunted for better yields, bond and syndicated loan market totals were pushed to multiyear highs and, in some cases, record-breaking highs in the first half of 2021.
The sudden spike in global bond issuance was fuelled further by record-breaking issuance in the sustainable (green, social, sustainability, sustainability-linked and transition) bond market, with issuance totalling over USD650bn in the first half of 2021 and c.USD540bn in 2020 compared to just USD298bn in 2019, before the pandemic.
As economies and companies across the globe continue to emerge from the effects of the pandemic, credit markets bankers and specialist debt advisors are seeing an increase in workflow as they cope with record levels of deal-making activity while working remotely.
This is where Acuity Knowledge Partners can help investment banking teams scale up their credit markets and advisory practices, enabling them to win more client mandates and improve their margins.
Our team of credit markets experts is well versed with DCM, sustainable DCM, debt advisory, loan syndication, leveraged finance and rating advisory practices. We bring years of experience and proprietary tech solutions to drive overall efficiency and results, and act as an extension of your teams for deal origination and execution activities.
BENEFITS AND IMPACT
Greater efficiency for senior bankers for their go-to-market and deal origination efforts
Bandwidth creation for transaction execution, client meetings and prospecting
Better integration with client team, providing end-to-end support across the deal life cycle
Extended support to provide greater flexibility including flexibility to opt for weekend support
Highly skilled teams with a mix of onshore and offshore credit markets and advisory experience
Our offerings
DCM (corporates, FIG, SSA and sustainable bonds)
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DCM (corporates, FIG, SSA and sustainable bonds)
Market updates
Credit positioning
Credit/sales memos
New bond/pipeline issuance database
Secondary pricing refresh
Covenant analysis
Debt maturity profiles
Pitchbook support
Investor presentations
Peer group analysis
Regulatory capital structure analysis
Pricing updates
Bank benchmarking
Issuer profiles
Order book analysis
Investor profiles
SDG mapping of assets
Peer benchmarking – sustainable initiatives
SPO providers analysis
Green/social/sustainable bond-financing pitches
ESG sector analysis
Idea generation – thematic studies
Green/sustainable framework analysis
Leveraged finance
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Leveraged finance
Company profiles
Comparable company analysis
Transactions/trading comps
Benchmarking
Football field analysis
Debt headroom analysis
Pitchbook support
Market updates
Covenant analysis
LBO model
Industry overviews/research
Deal screening, target/peer screening
Loan syndication
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Loan syndication
Deal origination
Transaction support
Macroeconomic analysis
Company analysis
Sector analysis
Information memorandums (IMs)
Financial modelling
Debt and capital structure analysis
Distribution
Market updates
Debt advisory
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Debt advisory
Industry studies
Debt capacity models
Country studies
Detailed company profiles
Pitchbook support
Capital structure analysis
Rating advisory
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Rating advisory
Indicative rating analysis
Information requests
Liquidity analysis
Rating presentations
Debt headroom analysis
Peer group analysis
ESG ratings
Sensitivity analysis
What we have done
DCM, loan syndication and leveraged finance support to a UK-based bulge-bracket investment bank
What we are proud of
18-20%
more client-facing time
35-40%
productivity gains
Debt capital markets (DCM) support to a Europe-based mid-size investment bank
What we are proud of
Established a strong relationship
Freed up onshore team’s capacity to handle more-value-adding tasks
Debt capital markets (DCM) support to a US-based commercial bank
What we are proud of
USD30k annual cost savings per resource
Timely turnaround on regular tasks and flexibility to handle urgent work
Debt capital markets (DCM) and rating advisory support to a Singapore-based commercial bank
What we are proud of
15%
more client-facing time, with 3-FTE support
USD30k
annual cost savings per headcount
Capital markets support to a Middle East-based bank
What we are proud of
Enabled more focus on clients and investors
Provided real-time support through virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)
Credit markets support to a UK-headquartered global bank
What we are proud of
18-20%
more client-facing time
35-40%
productivity gains
Debt Capital Markets (DCM) support to a UK-based European bank
What we are proud of
Faster turnaround time, with increased accuracy
More capacity for core functions
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