SME Corporate Credit Analysis - A three-day workshop

Time: 8-10 December 2009
Venue: London, United Kingdom

This workshop to build analytic skills using a structured approach to the analysis of SMEs. There is a focus on issues critical to SMEs, such as: Owner-Manager aims and goals, the challenges of MIS, using Key Performance Indicators and SME liquidity challenges and funding products.

Objectives: (Participants will be equipped to...)

• Assess the creditworthiness of SME borrowers using a 4-step approach: purpose, payback, risks and structureEvaluate the commercial viability and sustainability of the business model and management’s ability to deliver to plan
• Use a forecasting model to anticipate a company’s future performance, sensitise / critique assumptions, and interpret their impact on credit outlook
• Identify signs of credit deterioration, evaluate their potential impact and consider alternative courses of action
• Understand the key funding sources available to SMEs and their impact on creditworthiness
• Build robust monitoring, KPI and covenant packages to meet the needs of the company and provide protection to the lender
• This programme makes extensive use of case studies, live examples and exercises to ensure that the training is highly interactive, practical, topical and challenging.

Target Audience:

Relationship managers, credit risk management professionals and advisors involved in the provision of credit and related products to SMEs. The majority of Fitch Training programmes are offered at an intermediate and advanced level. There are no specific prerequisite courses to attend their programmes, however some topic knowledge maybe required. Please refer to the target audience to see what level of prior knowledge is required for a specific course.

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