I'll admit I'm not familar with how a company discloses financials to a risk manager. I thought it could be as simple as revealing a cash balance at any point in time but I suppose it could involve disclosing only publicly available info such as quarter ending filings. In any case my point stands that raising funds from a shelf registration or even that the shelf exists in the first place should for all I know demonstrate the ability to raise cash to continue operations going forward if that is what risk managers are considering.
Imo my assumptions were well-intentioned. I try to think something through before posting even if I may not have it quite right and always stand to be corrected.