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Products and Services
Equity
We work closely with our equity capital markets, sales and trading and retail teams to structure, market and place all equity and equity-related securities. This close interaction and coordination across the group provides us with the right amount of checks and balances for best-in-class structuring, pricing and execution advice.
Our sales and trading teams are proud to have relationships with key players from the biggest institutions, as well as a wide variety of pension funds and hedge funds. In addition, our retail system is one of the largest in Canada and we work closely with our retail partners to ensure the successful placement of our clients’ equity products.
Risk Management
To get the most from derivative products, clients rely on diligent, meticulous analysis and creative alternative solutions. At National Bank Financial Group, you have a specialized Risk Management team who will be uncompromising in assessing all facets of your orgnanization, and its position in the marketplace. Your team will also be nimble and enterprising, so you receive innovative, timely ideas to address your unique situation.
Our Risk Management team provides you with customized risk management solutions using derivative instruments across all asset classes.
Interest rate
Hedging of domestic & foreign denominated debt including bank debt, notes and high yield. Monetizing callable bond features.
Foreign exchange
Cash flow hedging, balance sheet hedging (multiple currencies). Traded currencies including USD, EUR, JPY, GBP, AUD, NZD, CHF, NOK, etc.
Equity
Including NCIB hedging, DSU-RSU hedging, and monetization.
Commodities
Hedging commodity exposures. Improving operating margin stability. Tradable commodities such as crude oil, heating oil, natural gas, and metals.
Credit
Including hedging credit spread, monetizing callable debt feature, credit default swap (“CDS”), Contingent CDS, etc.
Public Debt and Corporate Loans
We work closely with our debt specialists to provide our clients with expertise in structuring, pricing, and placing bank and public debt instruments to achieve the optimal capital structure with the most efficient form of financing. We are a leading Canadian arranger and underwriter of debt and credit products to corporate clients.
Mergers and Acquisitions
National Bank Financial Group’s Mergers and Acquisitions team is a leading Canadian provider of sophisticated and value-added advisory services. We serve a broad range of clients across a diverse group of industries, helping them navigate M&A challenges through creative and value added strategies.
We pride ourselves on the technical expertise of our advisors and their breadth of capabilities. Through them, we give you access to a top-notch suite of strategic advisory services including: acquisition and divestiture, leveraged buy-out, go-private, joint venture, strategic alliances, unsolicited bid and unsolicited bid defence, fairness opinions, formal valuations and restructurings.
Whatever your M&A challenge is, we’re confident that we can help make it happen.
Acquisition Advisory
For when you need advice and assistance on formulating strategic objectives, identifying opportunities, securing financing, developing and executing acquisition strategies & structures, or need us to act as a third-party intermediary in negotiations.
Divestiture Advisory
For when you need to establish value parameters and identify prospective buyers, manage sales processes including a competitive auction or a one-to-one negotiated sale, and negotiate final terms to maximize value to shareholders.
Unsolicited Bid and Unsolicited Bid Defence
For when you need financial analysis to validate the financial, commercial, operational and strategic assumptions underpinning the deal, review the bidder’s business and vulnerability assessment of the target, or develop arguments on value to help strengthen the bidders or the target’s position— both in the market or with shareholders.
Valuation and Fairness Opinions
For when you need advice on valuation informally or in the context of a formal valuation and fairness opinion, including MI Rule 61-101 and CVMQ Policy Q-27 related party transactions.
Financial Restructuring Advisory
For when you need an assessment of the company’s performance, capital structure, industry conditions and current capital market dynamics, identification of possible strategic alternatives, or managing a transaction both offensive and defensive.
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