Angel Capital Expo – May 24, 2012
05.14.2012 - Capital Markets
Presented by the Keiretsu Forum, the Angel Capital Expo will feature twelve diverse investment opportunities in technology, healthcare, life sciences, consumer products, real estate and financial services.
2012 Food & Beverage Investor Fair News
05.01.2012 - Banquet Of Life
Ten food and beverage companies have been selected from more than 30 applicants to make presentations to accredited investors at the third annual Food & Beverage Investor Fair on May 10, 2012 beginning at 3:30 PM at the Hotel Nikko in San Francisco.
Food & Beverage Investment Forum
04.22.2012 - Banquet Of Life
Kicking off the Food & Beverage Investor Fair on May 10, 2012 will be the Food & Beverage Investment Forum arranged by Greyrock Capital Group and Green Tree Capital. Forum participants, which include two* serial food & beverage entrepreneurs, will provide insights and perspectives as to the “best practices” for raising growth capital.
Third Annual Food & Beverage Investor Fair
03.15.2012 - Banquet Of Life
Bay Area food & beverage entrepreneurs should make a point of participating in the third annual Food & Beverage Investor Fair that will be held at the Hotel Nikko in San Francisco from 3:30 PM to 7:00 PM on May 10, 2012.
Using mezzanine debt to fund growth
09.06.2011 - Capital Markets
Mezzanine debt can be an excellent source of capital for middle market companies to fund acquisitions, develop new products and expand production facilities or pursue other growth opportunities. In recent years mezzanine debt has provided a source of liquidity for company owners who did not want to sell their company in the less than robust M&A market of recent years. Dividend recapitalizations have provided business owners with a means to take money out of the business and diversify their assets.
Much ado about a downgrade
08.26.2011 - Capital Markets
On August 5, 2011, Standard & Poor’s (S&P) lowered theUnited States long-term sovereign credit rating from AAA to AA+. This led to a massive worldwide sell-off of equities the following week and the subsequent market turmoil that continues.
Asset based loans maximize borrowing capacity
08.07.2011 - Capital Markets
An asset based loan, or ABL in the parlance of its practitioners, is a loan secured by the assets of a company and includes accounts receivable, inventory and often machinery and equipment. Since the financial crisis of 2008 ABL’s have seen remarkable growth among middle market companies that have had difficulty meeting the increased underwriting standards instituted by commercial banks.
Battling bankers boon for business borrowers
06.27.2011 - Capital Markets
The credit market pendulum has swung from one extreme to another and then back again. The financial crisis precipitated by the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy appears to be a dim and distant memory. Commercial banks are climbing all over themselves today to write new business and demonstrate top line growth to investors and analysts. The tightened credit standards of the last couple of years have begun to fall by the wayside with the banks’ increased appetite for risk.
Thawing credit markets likely to become a Mississippi flood
05.14.2011 - Capital Markets
Commercial bank CEO’s are under great pressure today from Wall Street analysts to increase revenues and profitability if they want to receive favorable endorsements from analysts. According to recent conversations with a number of senior commercial bank lending executives, this will require banks to add assets in substantial quantities.
Spring is in the air as the credit markets thaw
04.02.2011 - Capital Markets
Owners of privately held middle market companies are all too aware of how solid the credit markets froze in 2008. Precipitated by the demise of such venerable firms as Bear Stearns & Lehman Brothers that coincided with one of the worst recessions ever, banks became risk adverse and miserly.