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Modelling the debt service reserve account (DSRA)

Why project financings include a debt service reserve account, how to model it and how a debt service reserve facility differs from the account.

Webinar · Recording · Presented by Shaun Comley · 20 December 2021

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Many energy and infrastructure projects, and project financings more generally, include a debt service reserve account (DSRA) in the financing package. Modellers, developers and credit analysts need to understand both why the account exists and how to model it.

This webinar looks at the DSRA from a financial modelling perspective and covers the commercial terms behind it. It also explains the debt service reserve facility (DSRF) and how it differs from the account.

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