Managing food industry business and financial risks with commodity-linked credit instruments

Managing Food Industry Business and Financial Risks with Commodity-Linked Credit Instruments

This paper reviews the use and structure of commodity-linked credit instruments. It is argued that in the absence of contingent markets food firms face increasing financial risk reduced investment, and limited access to debt markets. One strategy is to issue commodity-linked credit whose payment structure is linked to the price of an underlying commodity. In some cases, a commodity-linked bond ...

Hedging Financial and Business Risks in Agriculture with Commodity-Linked Loans

One of the particular problems facing agribusiness firms is the relationship between commodity price risk (a source of business risk) and debt repayment ability (a source of financial risk). This study examines the use of commodity-linked loans applied to agricultural credits. A commodity-linked loan is a credit instrument whose payoff is contingent on the value of an underlying commodity or po...

Managing food-related health risks

Instruments for an Integrated Business Network Redesign in the Financial Industry

Driven by factors like globalization, increased competition and declining customer loyalty the financial industry is facing a structural transformation. To focus on core competencies banks adjust their business models and reduce their degree of vertical integration by sourcing complementary activities. Operating in a changing market with regards to sourcing strategies, the (re)design of busines...

Valuation of Complex Financial Instruments for Credit Risk Transfer

The fair valuation of complex financial products for credit risk transfer (CRT) can provide a good basis for sustained growth of these markets and their recovery after the current financial crisis. Therefore, the risks of these structured credit securities (such as Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDO) and Credit Default Swap-Index tranches) have to be known as well as the investor’s current ri...