Services
Advisory Capabilities
FiiCS provides flexible senior-level advisory support across the lifecycle of a fixed-income or private debt investment.
Credit Underwriting
FiiCS conducts independent credit analysis for institutional investors evaluating new or existing investments.
- Cash-flow modeling
- Debt-capacity analysis
- DSCR evaluation
- Sponsor analysis
- Stress testing
- Recovery analysis
- Structural review
- Covenant analysis and credit committee materials
- Investment memoranda
Transaction Structuring
FiiCS assists investors and sponsors in developing financing structures that appropriately balance capital requirements, investment economics and long-term credit protection.
- Debt sizing
- Amortization design
- Interest-only periods
- Maturity structures
- Reserve structures
- Covenant packages
- Cash-flow waterfalls
- Intercreditor considerations
- Refinancing strategies
Private & Club Financings
FiiCS advises on privately negotiated financings involving one or more institutional investors.
- Financing strategy
- Investor positioning
- Transaction structuring
- Credit materials
- Investor diligence
- Terms and documentation
- Closing coordination
Portfolio Advisory
FiiCS provides independent analysis of existing institutional investments and portfolio exposures.
- Portfolio review
- Refinancing-risk analysis
- Amendment evaluation
- Covenant monitoring
- Restructuring analysis
- Hold / sell evaluation
- Secondary-market credit analysis
Administrative Agent & Bondholder Representative Services
For privately placed debt transactions, FiiCS can provide ongoing administrative and investor-representation services.
- Financial-report monitoring
- Covenant compliance
- Investor and borrower communications
- Consent administration
- Amendment processes
- Coordination among lenders
- Ongoing credit review
Strategic Advisory
FiiCS also provides senior-level strategic advice relating to complex financing and capital-markets decisions.
- Capital-structure strategy
- Financing alternatives
- Investor positioning
- Transaction feasibility
- Portfolio strategy
- Independent transaction review