Author: Vincent Ryan
CFO.com- Nio Trades Down After Upsized Equity Offering Prices at Discount
- Ally Financial’s Profit Drops by More Than Half
- Fed Clamps Down on Bank Capital Distributions
- U.S. Banks’ Profits Sink 69% to $18.5B in Q1
- W.Va. Bank Fails After Years of Financial Woes
- Fed Offers Liquidity to Foreign Central Banks
- Fed Loosens Examination Reins on Banks
- Square Analysts React to FDIC’s Conditional Banking License Approval
- Plan Now for an Orderly Transition from Libor
- Fed Adopts ‘Stress Capital Buffer’ for Big Banks
Category Archives: M&A
I’m not exactly a fan of private equity …
… but an E&Y study I wrote about yesterday claims they are creating value — with returns higher than the public markets — with some new “levers.” I’m not so sure. The businesses they have acquired are earning higher valuations on … Continue reading
The banks trust Henry
As I wrote on CFO.com last week, LBO dealmakers have access to cheap debt. New proof of that came out today. According to Reuters, KKR got the cheapest borrowing rates ever for a leveraged buyout. For the acquisition of Gardner … Continue reading
Buffett explains how to play it safe
The Seeking Wisdom blog on WordPress had a great post about the concept of margin of safety. Read it here. Among other points, he provides an excerpt of a 1984 speech on buying companies, by none other than Warren Buffett … Continue reading
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New Files to Download
The Goldman Sachs study on Too Big Too Fail, an S&P note on rising leveraged buyout valuations, and a data screen on the top companies with rising debt levels relative to EBITDA. Enjoy.
Posted in Corporate debt, Data, Downloads, M&A, Regulation, Too Big to Fail
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Margin of Safety 