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Distressed Debt Hedge Funds: How to Become a Vulture Capitalist

Mergers and Inquisitions

Ask anyone interested in distressed debt hedge funds for “the pitch,” and they’ll probably mention one of the following: “It’s like long/short equity or credit , but more interesting!” Distressed debt investing offers advantages over other hedge fund strategies , but the marketing often oversells the benefits.

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9 Concepts We Can Learn About Raising Capital From How2Exit's Interview W/ Richard Luftig

How2Exit

Richard grew up in the suburbs of New York City and went to college, later working for a boutique investment bank. He then worked for what are called bulge bracket investment banks, mostly in the capital market space. Castle Placement specializes in raising private equity and debt capital for clients.

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Growth Equity: The Child Prodigy of Private Equity and Venture Capital, or an Artifact of Easy Money?

Mergers and Inquisitions

Some argue that GE offers the best of both worlds: the opportunity to fund innovation and growth – as in venture capital – plus the ability to limit downside risk and invest in proven companies – as in private equity. Debt financing is much more common, and the GE firm is often the first institutional investor.

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KNG Securities appoints former VTB Capital fixed income head as new emerging market sales lead

The TRADE

Fixed income investment banking boutique KNG Securities has appointed Fernando Ortega as its new head of emerging market sales. He joins KNG Securities from VTB Capital, where he served as global head of fixed income sales over the last 10 years. Prior to that, Ortega worked at Morgan Stanley as head of institutional and onshore sales.

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06-30-2023 Newsletter: Mastering the Paper LBO: A Crucial Part of the Private Equity Interview Process

OfficeHours

To go from equity value to enterprise value, add the net debt (debt minus cash) of the company to equity value. Step 3: Calculate Debt and Equity Funding Amounts (Sources & Uses) Since LBOs are financed using a combination of debt and equity, you’ll need to determine how much of each will be used in the transaction.

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Capital Markets vs. Investment Banking: Deals, Careers, Recruiting, Exits, and Offer Decisions

Mergers and Inquisitions

Even though we’ve covered industry groups vs. product groups and teams such as M&A , ECM , DCM , and Leveraged Finance , we continue to get questions about capital markets vs. investment banking. The questions usually go like this: Are capital markets teams (ECM, DCM, and LevFin) “real” investment banking? Do you learn anything?

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Top 3 Growth Financing Options for Software Companies

Software Equity Group

There are several resources for growth capital: debt from a lender or financial institution, minority equity financing, or majority equity financing through a control transaction. Growth debt, also called venture debt, most often comes as a principal loan accompanied by an interest payment.

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