Study Group: LBO and M&A Accounting & Tax Consultants
Council Members in this Study Group: 365
This study group may include chief financial officers, chartered public accountants, controllers, and consultants knowledgeable on topics such as finance, taxation, auditing, forensic accounting and fraud, financial accounting and reporting, bankruptcy, pension benefits, cash flow, company valuation, working capital, hedge accounting, and mergers and acquisition, among others.
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Leading Experts in this Study Group
Patrick YoungFounder and Chairman
Derivatives Vision
Patrick Young is the Founder and Chairman of Derivatives Vision, a securities exchange advisory and media company. Mr. Young has over 22 years experience in securities exchanges focused on ETFs, hedge funds, single stock futures, stock exchange structures,...
Scott CarnahanGeneral Partner
Carnahan Black Pearl LPScott Carnahan is Principal at Carnahan Black Pearl, an accounting consulting firm, and was previously a Partner in the Structured Finance Group and a National Director of Advisory Services with KPMG. Scott has more than 24 years of experience serving...
- John Salomone
Managing Director
Structured Finance International, LLCJohn Salomone is the Founder and Managing Director of Structured Finance International, Florida based boutique investment and merchant bank, specializing in all forms of asset and corporate finance, including equipment finance, trade and receivable finance,...
Nathaniel FinkinManaging Partner and Principal
Finkin Capital AdvisorsNathaniel Finkin is the Managing Partner and a Principal of Finkin Capital Advisors, a firm started in 2008 that provides consulting and advisory services in the areas of debt and equity arrangements, capital structure, cash flow management, efficiency,...
- Richard Jennings
President
Realty Capital International LLCRichard Jennings is the President of Realty Capital International LLC. He is Lead Director of Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc and a Director of National Retail Properties, Inc. and a Director of Cogdell Spencer, Inc. Mr. Jennings has raised over...
GLG NewsSM Analyses by this Study Group's Leading Experts(?)
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Not All Real Estate Is the Same - 4 Different Issues
November 9, 2009
Analysis by: John Salomone, Managing Director,Handling real estate loans will be a tough act | www.dallasnews.com
Real estate financing and refinancing poses 4 different levels of risk for lenders and owners, based on the project life cycle and its financing and overall structure. Broad statements about the looming problems are just that "broad statements" Real estate market participants must look at each transaction within the context of the 4 kinds of Real Estate Finance Structures, if they want to properly assess financing and refinancing values, issues and risk.
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UK banking landscape presents potential for new competitors
September 21, 2009
State Bank of India open to acquisitions in UK | www.reuters.com
The large scale nationalization of the UK banking system leaves open the possibility for new players to enter the marketplace and compete. While American banks are still struggling en masse with capital issues, many foreign banks are not facing those same issues, and are likely to consider the UK for expansion opportunities.
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Higher defaults in a CRE book don't necessarily translate to more losses
September 16, 2009
Wells Fargo, Fifth Third Add to Predictions of Higher Defaults | www.bloomberg.com
One of the most compelling contrasts between the 2007-08 (and still ongoing) meltdown in the residential housing market, vs. the forecast bubble-burst in commercial real estate for 2009-10, is the methodology banks and lenders use to forecast losses. This contrast will definitely lend itself to more transparency and clarity with this current lending crisis vs. the previous residential and consumer meltdown.
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Capital One will be pressured along several fronts in 2009
June 11, 2009
Capital One Looks to Adapt to Credit Card Laws | www.washingtonpost.com
1) The CARD act of 2009 will impair fee collection, and absent a new drive to assess annual fees to their better clients it will be challenging if not impossible to recoup those fees. 2) Capital One will be dealing with rising unemployment, which has and will continue to correlate directly to higher delinquency and higher charge offs 3) The response to these events from a risk management perspective will inhibit asset growth and thus compound the earnings issue
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April 22, 2009
Employers to close more pension schemes as funding shortfall hits record | www.telegraph.co.uk
1) The nature of the employment landscape has so fundamentally changed over the last 30 years that the retirement vehicles put into place to help employees are nearly obsolete. 2) Pensions, in addition to their nearing obsolecence, are becoming significant liabilities for firms, who are struggling with record violatility in the value of their pension funds 3) Firms are finding and utilizing alternative solutions to provide employees with enhanced retirement benefits
Members in this Study Group include these company types:
- Boutique Investment Bank
- Middle-Market Investment Bank
- Consulting Firm
- Bulge-Bracket Investment Bank
- Independent Consulting Firm
Members in this Study Group often have these job titles:
- Managing Director
- Director
- Chief Executive Officer
- Principal
- President
- Consultant
- Partner
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