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Search for your required resource via title or filter the resources on offer by category.- 02 November 2022
Understanding the Cost Implications for Early Retirement of WATC Loans
An explanation of the potential costs associated with refinancing or making unscheduled repayments on individual loans and debt portfolios.
- 02 November 2022
The Interest Rate Market and Factors Affecting It. What Clients Need to Know
An overview of the relationships between market ‘reference rates’ and pricing for WATC loans.
- 02 November 2022
Floating Rate Instruments
An explanation and example of how Floating Rate Notes (FRNs) are priced.
- 02 November 2022
Foreign Exchange Forward Rate Contract
An explanation and example of how the forward exchange rate is determined in a foreign exchange forward contract.
- 02 November 2022
Managing Foreign Exchange Risk Within Asset Procurement
Purchasing goods directly from overseas, or purchasing goods with a large imported content, agencies must consider foreign exchange risk.
- 02 November 2022
Debt Portfolio Manager Information Sheet
An overview of WATC's passive debt management service designed to effectively manage interest rate risk appropriate to a client’s individual requirements.
- 02 November 2022
Interest Rate Swap Facility
An Interest Rate Swap is a form of financial derivative that exchanges a future stream of floating rate interest payments for a stream of fixed interest payments, or vice versa.
- 02 November 2022
Investment Facility
WATC's Investment Facility enables clients to efficiently manage their short to medium term cash surpluses.
- 02 November 2022
Interest Cost Projection Service
WATC's Interest Cost Projection system improves debt management and project costing estimation by providing robust forecasts of future interest costs.
- 02 November 2022
Working Capital Facility
WATC's Working Capital Facility combines a low cost overdraft facility with an interest earning cash management facility within the same account.
Resources for Local Government
- The Interest Rate Market & The Factors Affecting It – What Local Governments Need to Know
An overview of the relationship between market ‘reference rates’ and pricing for WATC loans developed for executives and finance professionals in local government.
- Effective Management of Debt Finance for Local Government
An overview of the appropriate use of debt finance for local government and the requirement for a market valuation when refinancing or making unscheduled repayments on fixed interest rate loans.
- Borrowing From WATC or a Private Financial Institution? Important Issues for Local Government.
An overview of potential differences between the terms, conditions and pricing for the provision of debt finance to local governments by WATC in comparison to a private financial institution.
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