4th GPF Executive Workshop on Ports Financing and Investing, 7-8 June 2017, Hamburg, Germany
4th GPF Executive Workshop on Ports Financing and Investing, 7-8 June 2017, Hamburg, Germany
Global Ports Forum presents – 4th Executive Workshop on Ports Financing and Investing, 7-8 June 2017, Hamburg, Germany
About the Course
Intense, participative learning about all aspects of Ports related corporate finance in five modules with defined learning objectives, subject content, simulation among participants and deliverables by participants over a 2 day period.
The end of the course each participant will go away with a clear view how each component of Ports Corporate Finance works and how it links with every other part of the business.
- Module One – Financial Analysis – using PSA/ APM Terminals/ DP World As Case Studies
- Module Two – Port Concessions – using a live bid document
- Module Three – Debt Financing in Ports – Business Analysis, Project Financing, Re financing, Case Study – APM Terminals,.
- Module Four – Preparing an Equity Investment Case, ending with a simulation exercise on preparing for PSA’s IPO.
- Module Five – Port M&A, ending with a preparation of a M&A pitch and an acquisition approval presentation to a Board of Directors
Course Format
Pre Course Reading Materials
- Select Ports’ business – last annual report, investor presentation & call transcript; every participant will be sent a reading pack to be read.
During the course
- Overview of corporate finance concepts linked to ports Corporate Finance extensive use of tools.
- While this is not a modelling course, we will use excel to the extent possible, participants with limited exposure to excel will be helped by the trainer during the course.
After course
- Trainer available for follow up emails, questions on phone.
- Distribution of discussion materials.
- Form a participant only online group.
- Video recording / transcript distribution?
Endorsement for the executive workshop from past participants:
“Excellent workshop. Course director is very knowledgeable and the discussions provided good interactions. Like the exercises in P&L, Finance spreadsheets and Due Diligence.”
Capt. Samuel Arava, CEO, ABIJAM Global Enterprises LTD, Jamaica
“A lot of case studies being used which helped us the participants to understand the financing processes better.”
Jonathan Chia, Manager, Portek International Pte Ltd, Singapore
Who Should Attend?
- Non corporate finance professionals from Ports businesses – technical, business development, operations, legal, controllers to get a deeper understanding of the corporate finance function and how their day jobs are linked to the corporate finance function.
- Fresher’s who are joining corporate finance, business development, M&A divisions of Port businesses; equity research analysts, Investment Banking professionals beginning to cover or in the early stages of covering Port Businesses
- Corporate finance or non-corporate finance professionals who interface with Ports as a customer – Heavy Industries (Dry Bulk), Oil & Gas, Freight Forwarders, Shipping Lines, land logistics asset owners or service providers
About the Course Director
Thomas Ng has over 23 years of training & consulting experience in the ports and shipping industry – in developing innovative solutions for players within the ports & shipping industry, — in areas of planning & redesign, customer services and business operations; and delivering results.
He is the present Chairman of The Global Ports Forum (GPF). Since 2008, Thomas founded and launched the GPF, a platform where all ports stakeholders in the ecosystem- port customers, port authorities, port operators, port people, port suppliers & service providers are gathered together to discuss about issues furthering the interests of ports globally. The Global Ports Forum (GPF) is committed to improving global ports and furthering the interests of ports globally! GPF offers an overview of emerging trends in the ports industry covering ports, harbours and terminals across the globe. GPF today collaborate with Port Authorities around the world and bring together members from the ports ecosystem & organises quality port related events. GPF also provide port consultancy services, feasibility studies, survey and research, working in collaboration with our senior port experts.
With a sincere concern for issues and challenges facing global ports, Thomas chairs and manage the voluntary organisation — The Global Ports Council (GPC) since 2008. As of today, over 191 C-level executives globally presents themselves as members of our council. GPC’s prestigious list of Council members are as follows: globalportsforum.com/the-global-ports-council/. GPC organises annual meetings and gatherings of Council members from global locations to discuss on issues of the day concerning ports.
Thomas is proven and well-respected in the ports & shipping circles — recognized for his in-depth industry knowledge and far-reaching personal industry network and linkages.
Thomas is invited regularly as speaker & facilitator at Ports conferences, roundtable and executive workshops. He spoke recently at Transport Intelligence 2013 Infrastructure panel, together with senior executives from World Bank & UPS, Container Depot Association Singapore Conference 2014 on ports and infrastructure, Tank Storage Conference in 2015 and Roundtable on Smart ports & ships and Internet of Things in Jun 2016.
Thomas had also developed and implemented other global solutions for global ports & supply chains, providing strategic and operational solutions for MNC companies. His extensive training experiences include consulting and training stint in the ports and shipping sector, logistics, trading and physical distribution areas.
On a professional level, Thomas is a Chartered member of the Royal Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport UK since 2001. He is also a Board Member and Treasurer of the Local Branch of Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport for over 10 years.
Course Introduction
- Introduction to financial statements, financial analysis, corporate finance and how the 3 link up.
- Introduction to the port business – economic rationale, technical, market, operations – Participants to participate with elaboration of their roles
- Port Business Corporate Finance
- Overview of recent Ports transaction global activity
- participants to participate with comments on the assets they are familiar with
Module one – Financial Analysis – using PSA/ APM Terminals/ DP World As Case Studies
Accounting overview
- The Three Core Financial Statements and what they tell you – Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow Statements.
- Financial statement integration
- Core accounting principles
- Ratios for financial analysis and performance measurement
Cash Flow Statement Overview
- Analysing a cash flow statement
- Working capital management
- Cash conversion
- Cash based interest coverage
- Capex expansion – maintenance vs. investment capex
- Free cash flows and net financing requirements
- Leverage multiples
M&A Accounting Overview – Merger – Acquisition accounting overview
Module Two – Port Concessions
- Port – the land lord & its Customers
- Port master planning – overview
- Inventory of a port
- What do customers/ sub concessioners expect from the Port Authority
- CONCESSIONS: Models & Players
- The different Port Models
- Port privatization issues methods and constraints
- Criteria of a port Authority to award a concession to a terminal operator
- Views towards future expansion
- Experience
- Financial results
- Existing clients/potential clients
- Employment in the past and the future
- Business plan
- The needs of the port customers
- The cost of a port
- Impact of a chosen concession system for all players concerned”
- General conditions for concessions
- Governance of the concession policy
- Public –private partnership
- The dual character of a concession
- Tariff policy of a port
- Choosing a Port Over Another – Terminal Operator View
- Granting concession in a port(case study)
- Competition and collaboration between ports
- Rules and regulations for a fair competition between public and private terminal operators:
- Why facilities public and private.
- Reasons to choose a port over another
- Forces stimulating port reform
- Case Study
- Analysis of a live concession bid document
- Simulation – Participants divided into port land lords, competing terminal operators across cargo types – dry bulk, container. liquid
Module Three – Debt Financing in Ports Businesses – Business Analysis, Project Financing, Re financing, Case Study – APM Terminals
Analytic Overview
- Purpose: quantification of borrowing amount by a Port Business and use of funds
- Payback: link credit assessment to primary and secondary sources of repayment
- Risks to repayment: the need for Port as a sector and Port company analysis to evaluate debt servicing ability
- Structure: assess the ability of the debt to meet the commercial needs of the identified Ports business while protecting lenders’ interest
Market Indicators of Credit Risk
- Credit ratings – Review, analysis of at least five Port business ratings reports
- Debt market indicators: bond spreads vs. rating curves and CDS pricing
- Equity signals: share price movements and key multiples – linked to Equity modules
- Risks to Repayment
Macro considerations
- Operating environment
- Influence of social issues
- Government intervention and regulation
- Political and sovereign risk.
Port Sector Analysis
- Sales growth, operating profit margin and working capital requirements
- Capital expenditure and asset requirements
- Competitive forces and critical success factors to sustain a competitive advantage
- Tools to analyze Comparative advantage vis a vis competing ports in the vicinity
Management and Shareholders
- Review the strengths and weaknesses of management and the influence of company ownership:
- Management performance
- Corporate aims and goals and their effect on the company’s future
- Shareholder structure, support and influence.
Business strategy
- A company’s markets, products, services and competitive position
- Corporate actions underpinning its growth strategy.
Earnings dynamics
- Quality and stability of revenue and cash flow from core operations
- Cost base analysis, profitability and cash flow measures
- Peer and ratio analysis to evaluate performance
- Different accounting conventions and misleading accounting practices
Asset management
- Asset conversion cycle, asset efficiency and investment needs
- General and industry specific ratio and cash flow tools to analyse and compare asset efficiency
Cash flow drivers
- Forecast operating performance and asset investment requirements.
- Financial Risk
- Evaluate the appropriateness of a company’s funding structure given all factors identified
Financial strategy
- Corporate treasury objectives:
- Risk appetite of capital providers
- External rating maintenance
- Tenor matching, funding and liquidity and refinancing needs
- Alternative sources of funding: trade, bank debt, capital markets, structured finance, equity etc.
Liquidity
- Financial flexibility: measuring liquidity or payment readiness
- Funding instruments used by companies that can increase the refinancing risk and overall financial risk
Solvency
- Funding structure including off balance sheet obligations
- Debt servicing ability using cash flow analysis
- Rating medians to evaluate a company’s financial standing
- Future cash available for debt service using a simple debt capacity cash-flow model
- Refinancing risk: debt capacity vs. borrowing capacity
- Structure
- Review the appropriateness of existing or new debt instruments
- Debt profiles in view of repayment sources
- Ranking: different ways to achieve seniority or pari passu ranking vs. other capital providers
- Safeguards: the use of financial and non-financial covenants to mitigate risk
- Pricing fundamentals: bond prices, swaps and CDS.
Deliverable – Credit note on a financing, refinancing proposal by APM Terminals
Module Four – Preparing an Equity Investment Case
- Land lord & Terminal Operator
- Analysis of one PE and one IPO concluded transaction
- Preparing the investment case
- Preparing transaction documents – IPO, Private Equity
- Following a listed company – Earnings call, analyst notes for building investment cases, generating transaction ideas
Simulation – PSA IPO
Participants to be divided into Groups – PSA offeror, Investor Groups, Bankers, Lawyers
- Preparing for PSA’s IPO
- Investment case
- Pricing
- Investor targeting
Module Five – Port M&A
- Overview of M&A activity in Ports
- Trends in Landlord Ports, Terminal Operators
- Building a case for M&A
- M&A & Strategy Linkages
- Originating M&Q transaction
- Financial Analysis, Valuation & M&A Pricing
- M&A Due Diligence
- M&A Stricture & Documentation
- M&A Integration
Simulation & Deliverables
- Pitching for a M&A mandate
- Making an acquisition note for Board Approval
Costs:
On or Before 7 Apr 2017: The ‘Early Bird’ Rate is USD $2895 – Save USD $400!
Special Offer! – 3 Delegates For The Price of 2 in This Category! Save USD $2895!
- From 8 Apr 2017: The Regular Rate is USD$3295
Special Offer! – 3 Delegates For The Price of 2 in This Category! Save USD $3295!
Note: All fees stated include luncheons, refreshments and complete set of documentation. It does not include the cost of accommodation and travel.
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Details of GPF executive workshops/forums in the upcoming few months include:
- Executive Workshop on Global Trade, Macroeconomic Policy and the Impact on Regional Trade and Shipping, 20-21 Feb 2017, Singapore
- 2nd Executive Workshop on InterModal Solutions – Value Creation, USP identification & Market Positioning for Ports & Terminals, 20-21, Feb 2017, Singapore
- 2nd Executive Workshop on Bulk Liquid Terminals, Commercial Considerations for Investment & Financing, March 6-7 2017, Singapore
- Executive Workshop on Excel in Developing, Implementing & Managing Service Level Agreements, 13 & 14 March 2017, Singapore
- 2nd Executive Workshop on Strategic Planning for Ports & Terminals, 3-4 April 17, Singapore.
- Executive Workshop on Excellence in Managing Tenancies / Leases – Landlord and Tenant Obligations in Business Tenancies, Apr 4-5 2017 Singapore
- Executive Programme on Achieving Excellence in Winning Deals & Effective Sales Management – Proven Techniques & Insights for Ports & Terminals, April 17-21, 2017, Singapore
- 3rd Executive Workshop on Investment Strategies for Green / Brown Field Port Projects, 18-19 Apr 2017, Capetown, South Africa
- 2nd Executive Workshop on InterModal Solutions – Value Creation, USP identification & Market Positioning for Ports & Terminals, 20-21 April 2017, Capetown, South Africa
- 2nd Executive Workshop on Multi-Purpose Terminal Business & Operations, April 24-25, 2017, Singapore
- Executive Workshop on Effective Concession Agreements for Ports & Terminals, 24-25 April, 2017, Singapore
- The Global Ports Management & Advanced Management Programs, 29 Apr-11 May 2017, Singapore
- 2nd Executive Workshop on Advanced Shipping Business, May 18-19 2017, Singapore
- 2nd Executive Workshop on Reefer Container Logistics, May 18-19, 2017, Singapore
- Executive Workshop on Bulk Liquid Terminals – A Comprehensive Overview for potential Investors in Asian Terminals, 8-9 Jun, 2017, Hamburg, Germany
globalportsforum.com/forthcoming-gpf-executive-programmes/14767-2/
- An invitation to register and participate at the 3rd Global Ports Forum, Hamburg Germany from 8-9 June 2017.
globalportsforum.com/global-ports-forum-dubai/
- Executive Workshop on Excellence in Negotiating & Managing Contracts, Aug 3-4 2017, Singapore
- Miami to Host the 4th Global Ports Forum, 8-9 Sep 2017, Miami, USA
- Singapore to host the 5th Global Ports Forum, 25-26 Oct 2017, Singapore
globalportsforum.com/forthcoming-gpf-executive-programmes/global-ports-forum-2016/
Look forward to welcoming you at the executive workshop in Singapore!
Kind regards
Thomas Ng
Chairman
The Global Ports Forum
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Refund Policy – a reimbursement of the registration fee, minus administrative charges will only be made if the participant has notified Global Ports Forum Pte. Ltd. in writing that he/she is unable to attend the event no less than 30 days prior to the commencement of the event. No cancellation is allowed after that, but a replacement with another participant is allowed.
This programme is subject to change without notice, E&O.E.