Hard Private Credit & Debt Practice Questions

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  1. If the net debt is $272 million, how much 'headroom' does the company have on its leverage covenant expressed
  2. If they raise an additional $90 million in debt to pay a dividend, what is the new Interest Coverage Ratio (IC
  3. If the borrower pays SOFR + 650 bps on the total facility, what is the direct lender's effective spread on the
  4. If the lender applies 1.0× leverage ($100 million debt, $100 million equity) and SOFR is 5.0%, what is the len
  5. If the healthcare sector experiences a reimbursement cut and healthcare loan PDs increase by 5%, while the res
  6. If the advance rates are 85% for eligible AR and 50% for eligible Inventory, what is the maximum drawdown avai
  7. If the current 3-month Term SOFR is 0.65%, what is the all-in coupon rate paid by the borrower?
  8. If the fund is fully levered, what is the doubling of the equity return assuming SOFR = 4.5%?
  9. What is the 'Residual Value' (Unrealized Value) currently held in the portfolio?
  10. Which of the following best describes the accounting treatment of this loan in the fund's financial statements
  11. If the interest rate is $8% and EBITDA remains flat, what is the impact on 'Interest Coverage' (EBITDA / Inter
  12. After accounting for a 0.8% difference in credit losses, what is the estimated 'Illiquidity Premium' being ear
  13. What is the risk-neutral probability of default (PD)?
  14. How much must the borrower apply to prepay the outstanding senior debt?
  15. If the total debt is $250M, what is the leverage ratio for covenant compliance purposes, and how does it compa
  16. What is the minimum equity injection required to restore covenant compliance?
  17. A direct lending fund marks a loan at 96 cents on the dollar… — According to ASC $820, how should this valuati
  18. Under a whole-fund waterfall, what is the total dollar amount of carry received by the GP?
  19. If the fund has $500M in commitments, $400M in total capital drawn, and has realized $120M (at cost) of its in
  20. An LP is conducting due diligence on a direct lending fund.… — What is the most significant risk highlighted b
  21. An institutional investor uses the Public Market Equivalent (PME) method to benchmark a fund. The investor con
  22. If the business is liquidated for $200M, what is the recovery rate for the Second Lien lender?
  23. Assuming the PIK interest compounds annually, what is the total cash inflow to the lender at exit (including p
  24. If the proposed capital structure assumes a blended interest rate of 7.0% across all debt tranches, what is th
  25. If the unrated equity tranche is $50M, and the pool suffers a 2% annual default rate with 65% recovery, what i
  26. If the loan has 3 years remaining with annual interest payments and a bullet repayment, what is the approximat
  27. What is the implied 'Last-Out' spread for Lender B, and why would Lender A accept a lower rate?
  28. If the company's enterprise value declines by 64%, what is the estimated recovery for the senior secured lende
  29. A fund with $100M in committed capital follows a European waterfall with an 8% preferred return, 100% GP catch
  30. What is the value creation specifically attributable to multiple expansion?

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