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Scenario builder

Answer the structure questionbefore it is asked.

Build several versions of the same request and compare them on one page. Each scenario is graded against the same policy limits, and the page shows exactly what moved on the balance sheet to get there.

  • Side by sideStructures compared on one page
  • GradedEach scenario against the same limits
  • TraceableWhat moved, and by how much
Scenario comparison page showing several loan structures graded against established policy limits

Try the question

Move the request and watch the grade move

Rate, revenue, and new debt change the coverage and the leverage. The workbook runs this across every structure at once.

Move the request

Debt service coverage
1.85x
Policy minimum 1.25x
Debt to EBITDA
3.09x
Policy maximum 3.50x

Result: Within policy limits

Illustration on sample figures. Your bank sets its own limits on the policy tab.

Scenario comparison page showing several loan structures graded against established policy limits
The workbook runs the same comparison across every structure at once.

What this review covers

Green, amber, red at a glance

Every scenario is scored against the bank's own policy limits, so the structure conversation starts from which options actually pass.

Sources and uses on the same page

The comparison shows the assets added, the debt added, and the equity involved in each version, rather than leaving the difference implied.

Limits, not guesses

The page reports the maximum debt and the minimum position that still clear policy, which turns the negotiation into a number.

How a scenario is built

Three views of the same request

Compare

Scenarios lined up against the limits

Each column is a structure. Each row is a test. Green is inside the bank's policy limit, amber is watch, and red fails, so the shortlist is obvious before anyone builds a memo.

Scenario comparison table with structures in columns and policy tests in rows
Green is inside the limit, amber is watch, red fails.

Explain

What moved between the versions

The sources and uses view reports the balance sheet change behind each scenario: assets added, debt added, and the resulting position. Nothing has to be reverse engineered.

Sources and uses table showing the balance sheet movement behind each scenario
Sources and uses per scenario, stated in dollars.

Bound

The limits that still clear policy

Maximum debt and minimum position are reported for each version, which gives the lender a defensible number to take back to the borrower.

Scenario limits table listing maximum debt and minimum position for each structure
The maximum structure that still stays within policy limits.

The index

What the scenario page reports

  1. 01

    Multiple structures

    Several versions of the same request, side by side.

  2. 02

    Limit level scoring

    Pass, watch, and fail for every test in every column.

  3. 03

    Sources and uses

    Assets added and debt added, per scenario.

  4. 04

    Post loan position

    Leverage, coverage, and working capital for each version.

  5. 05

    Policy limits

    The maximum debt and minimum position that still clear.

  6. 06

    Shared limits

    The same policy tab that drives the risk rating.

  7. 07

    Committee ready

    Bring two structures to the table instead of one.

  8. 08

    Available in every workbook

    Consumer, commercial, ag, and global.

See two structures compared against your own policy limits in 15 minutes.

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