Showing posts with label notice of sale. Show all posts
Showing posts with label notice of sale. Show all posts

Monday, April 28, 2014

underwriting outline

Presale orders
  • underwriter takes before bid is made or negotiated offer is settled
  • institutional investors buy without price or yield
  • underwriters pre-sell a large amount @low interest cost for issuer
  • underwriters tell large investors to buy before they submit a bid
  • investors have faith in underwriters, buy without knowing interest rate or price
group net orders
  • syndicate members sell to institutional buyers
  • all members of syndicate get credit for part of sale
  • buyers can avoid favoritism of syndicate members
  • helps buyer to receive bonds if whole issue sold out
designated orders
  • syndicate member enters
  • one+ syndicate members get credit for sale
  • large blocks get priority
  • mutual funds/institutions place large orders
  • politics and percentage of syndicate allocation favored
  • syndicate places order for institution and their syndicate gets credit for sale
 Member orders at takedown
  • syndicate member submits order after order closing period
  • orders are first come first serve
  • designated orders for member sponsors
  • ONLY leftover bonds after presale orders, group net orders, designated orders can be bought by syndicate member's own mutual funds
  • manager decides amount each syndicate member can sell-depends on which syndicates participated in last underwriting, performance of last underwriting, how lead manager values syndicates, can be based on professional relationships
Notice of sale
  • issuer advertises to underwriter
Syndicate agreement
  • underwriter syndicate manager writes letter to syndicate members
 Tombstone advertisement
  • underwriter advertises to public
 Syndicate settlement letter
  • syndicate manager tells each member amount of securities they will be paid for selling
 Which of the following is the priority of orders when an issue has been sold?
  • Presale,group net, designated, member orders at takedown
  • preppy guys drive mercedes
  • pompous guys drive mercedes
  • pretty girls drive mercedes

Saturday, April 26, 2014

Underwriting Outline

General Obligation Bond

  • municipality issue
  • backing is municipality's taxing power
  • competitive bid process to select underwriter
  • Bond Buyer, advertisement to underwriters
  • notice of sale, municipality asks underwriters to bid to work on issue
  • small issue-municipality will use a local paper and local bank can underwrite issue
Notice of sale
  • maturity dates of bonds
  • range of acceptable interest rates
  • call features
  • call calculation-net interest cost method or true interest cost method?
  • issuer outlines good faith deposit 
Competitive bid process
  • potential issuers submit bids 
  • how much $ issuer will get paid for bonds
  • interest cost/year
  • total interest cost issuer pays-either net interest cost or true interest cost
  • new issue worksheet, bid sheet in Bond Buyer, outlines bid steps
  • bids must be delivered on a certain date-often arrive right before deadline
  • issuer opens bids, chooses based on lowest interest cost and highest amount $ to issuer
  • issuer may expect underwriter to sell a minimum amount of bonds
The City of San Francisco has issued an advertisement stating that it is accepting bids for a $40 million general obligation bond with maturities from 2001 through 2020. The advertisement is called
  • a notice of sale
  • advertisement- issuer wants to to find an underwriter
  • tombstone, ad by underwriting syndicate, announcement 
Determining the bid
  • issuer give 2%-3% range underwriters have to keep interest
  • underwriters bid on scale, interest rate + price helps decide investor yield 
  • Bond Buyer has  interest rates of long term bonds