U.S. Bank of WashingtonPurpose The primary purpose of the case is to put yourself in the shoes of Mal Harding, vice president at the US Bank of Washington in considering your bank relative to other US commercial banks and your overall analysis and decision of the Redhook Ale Brewery loan application. Format and Length My expectation for the quality of this assignment will be the same as those of a memo you would address to the Loan Committee of the US Bank of Washington consisting of the Chief Credit Officer of the bank and seven other high-level executives of this organization. That means the document should be well organized and written. The overall length should not exceed 5 pages (1.5 line spacing, Times New Roman or equivalent character 12 excluding appendix). References and up to 3 pages of figures/tables do not count against this limit. Pre-Requisites Read MGH Chapters 10, 11, 12 Read the U.S. Bank of Washington as part of the Harvard Business Publishing CoursepackLinks to an external site. Relative to U.S. insured commercial banks, how well is U.S. bank of Washington doing and what are viable strategies for this institution to create value in the future? Does the Redhook loan “fit” U.S. Bank of Washington? Why or why not? What is your analysis of the Redhook Ale Brewery loan application and what are your views of David Mickelson’s projections? Would you make this loan? If yes, what would be structure of the recommended deal to the loan committee? What (if any) covenants would you demand to Redhook? What yield and/or fee structure would you demand? Real-world Skills Used Analytical thinking Banking Industry Analysis Commercial Loan Application Analysis Executive writing Risk/Return analysis and decision-making Negotiating and selling a ‘commercial loan credit deal’ Course Learning Outcome Addressed Identify and explain, major financial markets and institutions in the US and globally (CLO1). List major types of securities and financial instruments and calculate the return on such securities (CLO2). Communicate clearly and effectively by preparing professional quality business documents pertaining to financial markets and institutions (CLO3). Discuss, produce, defend, recommend and execute strategies to resolve problems and/or issues to answer open-ended questions from case studies, financial markets current developments or design and evaluate courses of action to achieaqwve a desired business outcome (CLO5).

Purpose The primary purpose of the case is to put yourself in the shoes of Mal Harding, vice president at the US Bank of Washington in considering your bank relative to other US commercial banks and your overall analysis and decision of the Redhook Ale Brewery loan application. Format and Length My expectation for the quality of this assignment will be the same as those of a memo you would address to the Loan Committee of the US Bank of Washington consisting of the Chief Credit Officer of the bank and seven other high-level executives of this organization. That means the document should be well organized and written. The overall length should not exceed 5 pages (1.5 line spacing, Times New Roman or equivalent character 12 excluding appendix). References and up to 3 pages of figures/tables do not count against this limit. Pre-Requisites Read MGH Chapters 10, 11, 12 Read the U.S. Bank of Washington as part of the Harvard Business Publishing CoursepackLinks to an external site. Relative to U.S. insured commercial banks, how well is U.S. bank of Washington doing and what are viable strategies for this institution to create value in the future? Does the Redhook loan “fit” U.S. Bank of Washington? Why or why not? What is your analysis of the Redhook Ale Brewery loan application and what are your views of David Mickelson’s projections? Would you make this loan? If yes, what would be structure of the recommended deal to the loan committee? What (if any) covenants would you demand to Redhook? What yield and/or fee structure would you demand? Real-world Skills Used Analytical thinking Banking Industry Analysis Commercial Loan Application Analysis Executive writing Risk/Return analysis and decision-making Negotiating and selling a ‘commercial loan credit deal’ Course Learning Outcome Addressed Identify and explain, major financial markets and institutions in the US and globally (CLO1). List major types of securities and financial instruments and calculate the return on such securities (CLO2). Communicate clearly and effectively by preparing professional quality business documents pertaining to financial markets and institutions (CLO3). Discuss, produce, defend, recommend and execute strategies to resolve problems and/or issues to answer open-ended questions from case studies, financial markets current developments or design and evaluate courses of action to achieaqwve a desired business outcome (CLO5).