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M&A Insights and Outlooks Regarding Financing: A Conversation with Gary Grote of Bridgepoint Investment Banking

Below is his conversation with Gary Grote, Managing Director at Bridgepoint Investment Banking, which focuses on capital raising and M&A advisory solutions. Gary focuses on deals in the healthcare, leveraged finance,...more

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Private Credit Deep Dives - Change of Control

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After the unprecedented boom of the immediate post‑COVID era, European M&A activity has slumped in recent months. Indeed, recent market intelligence from Dealogic showed that Q1 of 2023 in EMEA saw a 68% decline in M&A volume...more

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Ready for restructuring

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HEADLINES - -Rising interest rates and reduced refinancing options are increasing the likelihood of restructuring and financial distress in the next 12 months -Cov-lite debt packages have given borrowers breathing...more

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Negotiating Preferred Equity Recognition Rights in Hospitality Deals

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In recent years, hotel sponsors and developers have increasingly turned to alternative capital sources, like preferred equity, to finance and reposition their existing assets and fund new acquisition and development...more

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M&A financing keeps the leveraged finance market beating

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A rebound in European corporate transactions has driven a double-digit acceleration in leveraged finance earmarked for M&A (excl. buyouts), with a robust pipeline setting the stage for an active 2022. In the summer of...more

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Debt: Outlook for Africa brightens after challenging first half to the year

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Lender caution following Zambia's debt repayment default in 2020 has weighed on African debt issuance, but successful raisings by high profile borrowers show that investor appetite remains resilient - African loan and bond...more

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Financial institutions M&A: Consumer Finance

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Financial institutions M&A sector trends: consumer finance — H1 2021 and outlook for H2 2021 - Hyper-specialisation of the European consumer finance market continues, with POS, entrepreneur, freelancer, migrant and payroll...more

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Examining the ABC risks as the mining & metals sector gains critical momentum

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Key considerations around bribery and corruption risks, as the mining & metals sector is gaining critical momentum in the world's energy transition toward a low-carbon future. Mining & metals in a low-carbon world - The...more

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Outlook for Africa brightens after challenging first half to the year

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African loan and bond issuance fell by just under 10% in the first half of 2021, year-on-year, with lenders still jittery after Zambia missed a bond repayment in November 2020 to become the first African sovereign to default...more

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Widening variety of issuers sustains refinancing momentum

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Debt markets warm to issuers from a broader range of sectors, maintaining high levels of refinancing activity - The surge in refinancing activity across leveraged loan and high yield bond markets through H1 2021 looks set...more

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House Votes to Repeal OCC True Lender Rule

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In This Issue. The House of Representatives voted to pass a Congressional Review Act resolution repealing the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (OCC) “true lender” rule; the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...more

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[Virtual Event] HPE Europe 2021 - June 23rd - 24th, 12:20 pm - 1:30 pm GMT

This year, recognising that as we are still unable to meet in person, our HPE Europe EVENT will be going ahead with two exclusive, virtual extended lunch time sessions. We will be joined by investors including key players...more

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Lessons (Still Being) Learned Regarding Hospitality Finance in the Covid-19 Age

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The COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc across the real estate portfolios of investors and lenders, perhaps most disastrously in the hospitality sector. A recent American Hotel & Lodging Association report shows the industry lost...more

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2021 Real Estate Capital Markets Conference Recap

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2020 was a challenging year, to say the least. The real estate industry continues to feel the effects of the global COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent economic consequences going into 2021 as industry leaders are still...more

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Convergence, Creativity And Re-Purposing: The Role Of Mixed-Use Projects In Driving The Recovery Of Cities Around The World

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While significant challenges from COVID-19 continue to be felt in city centers around the world, the quote from Mark Twain seems applicable to cities in this moment: “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.” As...more

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SEC Files First Charges for Inadequate Public Company COVID-19 Disclosures

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In a prelude of things to come for public companies, on December 4 the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued restaurant operator The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated for making misleading disclosures regarding the...more

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NAV finance gains traction as private equity seeks liquidity

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The use of net asset value finance by private equity firms has spiked under COVID-19 as managers explore new sources of liquidity in a weak M&A market - Until recently, net asset value (NAV) finance—where PE sponsors...more

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Resurging leveraged loan issuance points to a stronger year

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After taking a deep dive in Q2, US leveraged loan issuance picked up in Q3, while European markets gained year on year - Having navigated extreme market dislocation due to COVID-19 for the past six months, leveraged loan...more

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Lenders calm despite fallen angel risks

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Although COVID-19 lockdowns have seen high-profile companies lose their investment grade status, lenders have continued to support these credits. COVID-19’s impact on earnings has seen companies across the United States...more

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Special Situations and the UK Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act

The enacted Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act (the Act) introduces three permanent reforms to the existing insolvency legislation and certain temporary measures designed to address the immediate impact of COVID-19 on UK...more

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Financial Services Weekly Roundup: SEC Proposes Modified Disclosure Framework For Funds

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In the News. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed modifying the disclosure framework for mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (funds), which would create a new layered disclosure regime that attempts to...more

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Structured Preferred Equity – A Versatile Tool in the Debt Restructuring Toolbox

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For many sponsor-backed and other highly leveraged private companies, the business impact of COVID-19 is just beginning to apply pressure to financial covenant compliance. As borrowers and private credit (or other) lenders...more

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[Podcast] UK Financial Restructuring During COVID-19

The economic landscape has changed immeasurably as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Access to cheap credit has disappeared, and many companies have raced to draw down on existing facilities in an effort to access as much...more

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