BONDS

  • Debt instruments issued by public and private corporations or the government to fund general expenditures, expansions, acquisitions, or to refinance existing debt
  • Offered to both retail and institutional investors
  • Listed and traded on the Philippine Dealing & Exchange Corp. (PDEx)
  • Tenor is typically 2 to 10 years

CORPORATE
NOTES

  • SEC registration-exempted debt instruments that are usually offered to institutional investors
  • Tenor is typically 1.25 to 10 years
  • Used by companies to standardize loan facility terms among several lenders (instead of multiple bilateral loans with varying terms)

PERPETUAL PREFERRED
SHARES

  • SEC-registered fixed-income equity instruments that are listed and traded on the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE)
  • Issued by companies with listed common shares
  • Perpetual but with call option, typically 3, 5, 7 and 10 years

COMMERCIAL
PAPERS

  • SEC-registered short-term debt instruments that are listed and traded on the Philippine Dealing & Exchange Corp. (PDEx)
  • Tenor is 365 days or less
  • Used by companies as alternative to short-term unsecured financing

CORPORATE
TERM LOAN

  • Used by companies typically to finance capital expenditures or refinance existing debt obligations
  • Term loan involving a pool of select banks and/or financial institutions
  • Can be secured or unsecured depending on the borrower’s credit profile
  • Tenors range from 2 to 20 years

ACQUISITION
FINANCE

  • A debt financing for business acquisition
  • Cash flows from the acquired business is usually the primary source in servicing the debt incurred in the acquisition
  • Typically secured by surety/guarantee and/or assets/shares of the acquired business

PROJECT
FINANCE

  • A long-term financing for large, capital intensive projects (such as infrastructure and industrial projects)
  • Diversifies the project risks among various parties
  • Limited recourse to the sponsors
  • Project cashflow is the main source of repayment and is controlled by the lenders