Loan syndication refers to the process where multiple lenders come together to fund various portions of the loan asked by a single borrower. The process is majorly done when the amount is very large for a single lender or when the risk exposure levels are quite high. Therefore, multiple lenders form an association or syndicate to fund the requested capital. The borrower can be a corporate entity, government or an individual project. In corporate financing, loan syndication process is often used for diverse business reasons like project financing, mergers, acquisitions, buyouts, etc. where huge amount of capital is required and is normally outside the resource capacity of a single lender. Each lender’s liability/rights is only limited to the amount of their share of the total loan amount. In the process of loan syndication, one lender acts as a manager or arranging bank on the behalf of other lenders who administers the loan. The agreements between the lenders a...
Comments
Post a Comment