Fearful of prosecutors and trial lawyers, the accounting profession is already aggressively pressuring companies to massively write down the value of securities with subprime mortgages or other consumer receivables, such as auto loans and credit cards.
Many businesses applying for loans are looking to finance receivables and other working capital, according to a new survey of bankers by Sageworks, a financial information company.
Infosys also discloses such sensitive information as the exact compensation packages for more than 450 of its top staff, the aging of receivables and other data that most companies consider proprietary.
Turns out that the Primary Fund, like many other money market funds, made significant investments in asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP), which offered juicy yields, but did so because they were backed by things like mortgages, auto loans, credit card receivables and other risky assets that, despite their risk, came with investment-grade ratings.
Morgan Stanley and other big firms are also starting to rebuild their securitization business, which pools together auto loans, credit-card receivables, and other forms of credit, and then issues bonds backed by them.
Whereas traditional pawn shops can charge upwards of 20% per month for a loan, online pawn shops charge as little as 2%, which is lower than other forms of alternative financing such as receivables factoring.
National Century ran a scheme in which it attracted money from investors under the premise that it was loaning it to hospitals and other medical enterprises against the collateral of short-term receivables.
Dewey within the past week brought aboard an operational turnaround and restructuring firm to help the law firm collect receivables and attempt to return money to lenders and other creditors, according to the people familiar with the matter.
Using SWIFT and a global bank like Citi, a corporate treasury can centralize its accounts around the world, giving the treasurer a real-time view of balances, payments and receivables and also permitting consolidation of funds for overnight or other short-term investing.
Nearly 17 percent of banking professionals surveyed said most businesses are seeking loans to free capital tied up in receivables, while another 40 percent said most loan applicants are looking to borrow for other working capital needs.
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