Concurrent Session: Debt IR: Know Your Bondholders
Tuesday, June 6, 2017 | 1:45PM
- 2:45PM | Room: Palazzo D
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Economics and Markets
| Lisa Clemens | Robert Schulz, CFA | Melissa Plaisance | Karen Blomquist |
Your debt investors matter too. Understand the role they play and how their concerns differ from your shareholders. When you put on the hat of the debt IRO, you have a new audience. You have to understand the role of rating agencies, the nuances of the banking relationships, and what bondholders worry about. Working well with the high-yield bankers and analysts also matters. They are communicating your story, so make sure they understand it!
Learning Objectives:
- Learn what you need to know to effectively engage with rating agencies
- Identify the concerns of debt investors and why they matter
- Understand how IROs can support activities around debt issuances to help ensure access to capital markets
- Learn the ratios and leverage metrics that matter to debt investors
- Gain insight into why it matters to the IRO if there is a new bond offering