Christian Dabney

• Liaised with product partners to provide clients in the asset management, exchange processor, and financial technology industries with debt financings, debt and equity issuances, and strategic advice
• Associate responsible for preparing strategic analysis of valuation drivers presented to the Board of Directors of one of the largest global asset managers
• Lead Associate on $210mm IPO for top credit fund’s new acquisition vehicle
• Associate on $500mm debt issuances for three separate leading alternative asset managers, including an inaugural bond offering in which Citi was the left lead arranger
• Prepared monthly capital report for FIG Global Head to strategically review Financial Institution relationships within the Corporate & Investment Bank globally

Portfolio Management

• Responsible for managing exposure to portfolio of 20 companies within the life, property & casualty, reinsurance and insurance broker segments. Aggregate portfolio exposure amounted to approximately $4.5 B
• Day-to-day exposure management included evaluating risks associated with full suite of Citi products (loans, DX/FX, securities lending, cash management), as well as completing comprehensive periodic credit reviews
• Provided support to more senior portfolio managers on larger exposure relationships within the larger FIRM NA Insurance portfolio
• Heavily involved in stress testing and exposure analysis portions of the life, property & casualty, and reinsurance sector reviews, which evaluated Citi’s aggregate exposure to these sectors within the North America ICG portfolio. Delivered North America portion of Global reinsurance portfolio review and health insurance portfolio review to FIRM portfolio head
• Analyzed and drafted proposal of macro-hedge on reinsurance portfolio during active 2010 catastrophe year

Transaction Analysis

• Performed detailed credit analysis memos used in final transaction approvals by senior Risk and Business approvers
• Transactions evaluated included revolving credit facilities, letter of credit facilities, bridge loans, and leveraged finance
• Key analytical considerations included legal structure and protections (security, priority of claim, covenants, events of default), stand-alone company credit analysis, and cash flow modeling/stress-testing
• Evaluated risk-reward tradeoff from both an internal risk capital and regulatory capital perspective
• Assisted managing director with risk rating and approval process for Citi’s first non-recourse XXX redundant reserve financing transaction, a hybrid between traditional credit risk and market risk