Specialized Financial Services

Syndicated Finance

Loan syndication enables your company to tap a broad segment of the capital markets to efficiently fund large borrowing needs. CoBank can act as agent to arrange loans with a variety of institutional investors including commercial banks, finance companies, insurance companies, institutional loan funds and Farm Credit System lenders. These loans can be used for acquisitions, capital expenditures, growth capital, project financing and working capital needs. In 2009, CoBank's syndications team sold and syndicated approximately $10.0 billion of loans.

Private Placements

If your company is looking for new ways to raise debt or equity capital, private placements may interest you. Seeking equity or debt from private investors, rather than from the more costly public markets, can help your company achieve its financial goals. We offer private placements through a partnership with SPP Capital Partners, LLC, an investment bank that specializes in taking growing companies to private investors.

Tax-exempt Bonds

Through our alliance with W.R. Taylor, CoBank offers tax-exempt bond financing for facilities and equipment related to industrial development, agricultural by-products, and environmentally-related capital expenditures.  These bonds offer advantages to the investor and substantially lower interest rates to the borrower when financing qualifying equipment.

Asset Securitization

Certain assets can be separated from your balance sheet and used as collateral for the issuance of securities. Securitization often provides substantial funding cost savings when the credit quality of the asset pool to be securitized is superior to the credit quality of the corporate entity.

Equity Development

Many growing businesses need new sources of equity to expand, diversify and build new plants or facilities. Raising equity can present special challenges for cooperatives. Working in conjunction with private equity firms and institutional investors, CoBank provides access to mezzanine and equity solutions.

Interest Rate Risk Management Products

Interest rate risk management products can enable you to manage interest rate risk and lock in acceptable rates. Products include interest rate swaps, caps and collars, and forward rate fixing alternatives. These products can be tailored to create cost-effective hedging programs that address your risk and funding objectives.

Investments

CoBank offers investment options through our alliance with AIM Institutional Funds® and CoBank's InvestLines services. Whichever strategy works best for you, you can easily mange your investments online through CoLink® – CoBank's online delivery channel.