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Modelling a cash sweep in infrastructure finance

Why lenders and sponsors agree a cash sweep, how to calculate one in an infrastructure model and the mistakes that most often creep into sweep logic.

Webinar · Recording · 29 March 2018

A cash sweep uses surplus cash to repay debt early. Understanding why lenders and sponsors agree one, and what it means for each of them, is part of working in infrastructure finance.

This webinar explains the rationale for a cash sweep from the debt and the equity perspective and how to calculate one in a financial model. The modelling examples come from our financial modelling courses.

What you will learn

  1. Why a cash sweep

    The rationale for a cash sweep from the perspectives of debt and equity.

  2. The calculation

    How a cash sweep is calculated in a financial model.

  3. Common mistakes

    How to spot the mistakes that most often appear in cash sweep modelling.

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