Sentences with phrase «as equity capital»

Her main areas of practice include public and private mergers and acquisitions, loan portfolio sales, corporate restructurings and joint ventures as well as equity capital market transactions.

Also referred to as equity capital.

Even though preferred stock pays out regular cash income, it does not promise the return of the investment principal like a corporate bond, as the company intends to hold the investment as equity capital.

Not exact matches

Founders Fund led the round and was joined by investors including Andreessen Horowitz and Pantera Capital, as well as existing investors Craft Ventures, Vy Capital, and Valor Equity Partners.

The problem, according to the plan's critics, is that financial entities such as private - equity, venture capital and hedge funds are all partnerships whose wealthy partners would see substantial tax savings on large portions of their income unless congressional tax writers find a way to exclude them.

«As part of our capital allocation strategy to invest in and grow our core brands, we acquired an additional 36 % interest in Wuxi KFC, increasing our total equity interest to 83 %.

He isn't that concerned with capturing a lot of market share out of the gate, he says, but has loftier ambitions to reduce the cost of capital, foster new companies and ultimately increase the equities pool in Canada as a whole.

One, it's the same as raising capital, but you don't have to give away equity or decision - making control.

He's taken a stake in TYT Network, one of the top online - video political news networks, as part of $ 20 million in funding led by growth equity firm 3L Capital with participation from Greycroft and e.ventures.

Dan has spent the better part of the last 20 years as a proprietary equity & options trader at hedge funds (SAC, Exis & Cheyne Capital) and within the equity derivatives group of Merrill Lynch.

The extent of the contraction is especially apparent when compared to the United States: a study compiled by Canada's Venture Capital & Private Equity Association found that from 2003 to 2008, venture capital investment as a share of GDP dropped 35 % in Canada; meanwhile, south of the border, it increased bCapital & Private Equity Association found that from 2003 to 2008, venture capital investment as a share of GDP dropped 35 % in Canada; meanwhile, south of the border, it increased bcapital investment as a share of GDP dropped 35 % in Canada; meanwhile, south of the border, it increased by 17 %.

And in the midst of its troubles throughout 2014 — Levi stepped back as president and CEO to become executive chairman in November — GrowthWorks was the recipient, along with BDC Venture Capital, of the «Deal of the Year» award from Canada's Venture Capital & Private Equity Association following its sale of Layer 7 Technologies, a developer of security software for businesses.

Most of the debt — about 85 % — will be converted into controlling equity stakes for such investors as Apollo Global Management, Babson Capital Management, and Guggenheim Investment Management.

Mittal's FundersClub, founded in 2012, isn't to be confused with AngelList or other equity crowdfunding platforms, instead functioning as an online venture capital firm where high - quality deals are sourced for over 17,000 accredited investors.

Not because it is attractive as a repository for equity capital, but precisely because it is so unattractive, the low - return business must follow a high retention policy.

Venture capital investors almost always insist on investing through a «preferred» equity instrument, typically referred to as preferred stock.

Given the concentration in Canada's banking sector, it's likely that at least some of the banks will be designated as such, requiring higher capital levels and putting even more pressure on their return on equity.

Last July, Leesa announced its partnership with new Denver - based private equity firm TitleCard Capital, which partners with celebrities such as Jimmy Kimmel and New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist.

The details of the capital requirements under Basel III are complicated, but generally speaking, deposit - taking institutions such as Canada's banks will have to maintain tangible common equity, which includes things like cash, equal to 4.5 % of their assets plus an additional buffer of 2.5 %, for a total of 7 %.

As Neil Downey, RBC Capital's managing director for global equity research, observes, «I think I can pinpoint who the winner will be, and it's the Canadian consumer.»

Perth - based Swan Gold Mining has completed a one - for - 10 share consolidation as part of a restructuring of the company that it proposes including a capital raising of up to $ 20 million and debt to equity conversion of more than $ 29 million.

As a result, more entrepreneurs and businesses have access to outside capital than ever before and for the first time, investors can efficiently build diversified portfolios of private equity and debt investments.

The Wall Street Journal, citing anonymous sources, reported on Tuesday that Hunt Valley, Maryland - based telecom Sinclair Broadcast Group has expressed an interest in buying the weather - focused television network from an ownership group that includes private equity firms Bain Capital and Blackstone Group, as well as Comcast's NBCUniversal.

The retailer was saddled in debt, some $ 4.9 billion, left from a 2005 leveraged buyout for about $ 6.6 billion by private equity giants Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Bain Capital, as well as real estate trust Vornado.

On the other hand, he has partnered on multiple deals — including Heinz / Kraft Foods and Tim Hortons / Burger King — with 3G Capital, a Brazilian private equity firm that Buffett has taken pains to characterize as something else.

Bain Capital plans to be the biggest investor in Toshiba's chip unit, providing 850 billion yen ($ 7.7 billion) in equity as part of a consortium that also includes Japan government investors, three sources briefed on the matter said.

Junior creditors led by Appaloosa Management remain the biggest hold - outs in the CEOC bankruptcy, and have said they have as much as $ 12 billion in claims against Caesars Entertainment and its private equity backers, Apollo Global Management LLC and TPG Capital LP.

April 2 - General Electric Co's healthcare unit said on Monday it would sell its information technology business to private equity firm Veritas Capital for $ 1.05 billion in cash as it sharpens its focus on smart diagnostics and connected devices.

Including investments in consumer companies he holds through Maveron, a venture capital firm he co-founded — and the tens of millions of dollars of equity he owns in Groupon (GRPN) as a director — his net worth is in the neighborhood of at least $ 2 billion, which isn't bad for a kid who grew up in the projects of Brooklyn, on the seventh floor at 1560 East 102nd St. Obama himself, according to Schultz, said he was «very aware of my personal story.»

As it turned out, however, there was a bonus that I discovered during the process of selling a majority stake in the company to Allied Capital, our new private equity partners.

Singapore is firming as a significant source of capital for Perth - based property players, as developers and private equity fund managers from the South - East Asian country increasingly look for Western Australian assets to add to their investment portfolios.

Equity crowdfunding under the JOBS Act has been seen as a democratization of the startup and small - business investment process, and one which will put the ability of entrepreneurs to raise capital into the hands of «the crowd» and not just wealthy investors, banks and Wall Street brokers.

Our outlook «reflects lower earnings estimates, zero equity value assigned to GE Capital, and lower value assigned to GE Digital initiatives, as we don't see the market paying up for this optionality,» the Bank of America note says.

Blackham Resources has signed up Hartleys as lead manager for a $ 36 million capital raising that will be priced at just 4 cents per share, while mining contractor MACA has agreed to lend $ 14 million and take equity in the struggling gold producer.

Before joining private equity firm Capital Advisors as an executive vice president, she had worked at a couple of tech companies — including as CFO of General Magic, a spin - off from Apple (AAPL) that closed in 2002 — and in all of those positions her job was to obsess over quarterly results, meeting demands of investors.

According to a bio from Arrow Electronics, where she's a director, she's served since 1993 as the president of the Brunswick, Maine - based private equity group MMP Group and until 2007 was a founding partner in Solera Capital, a private equity partnership in New York.

But, as Macrae is the first to admit, «No matter how many times you start a business, you almost always get to a point where it needs an infusion of equity capital from outside investors.»

As a leading venture capital and private equity firm, Tracy is used to backing innovation where he believes it will turn a profit.

Blackstone had more than $ 20 billion in available capital to invest in private equity as of the end of March.

The bank looks set to finish the third quarter ranked as the No. 1 bank in the world for revenues from equity capital markets work, according to Dealogic.

Katz immediately recruited his father, roped in the province's venture capital arm as an equity partner and convinced the company to sell him the rights.

Instead, structure the investment as convertible debt: a loan that gets swapped for equity in the next big round of financing, says David Cohen, a venture capital investor and CEO of TechStars, a Boulder, Colorado - based angel fund.

«So, the early - stage entrepreneur should be raising his or her first tranches of capital in the form of equity and is likely to see preferred equity as the first type of professional money that is being offered.»

Participants in the latest round include Allegis Capital, a venture capital firm, which led the raise, as well as Blackstone Group (BX), the private equity firm, and angel investor Marc Benioff, the founder and CEO of sales - tool giant SalesforceCapital, a venture capital firm, which led the raise, as well as Blackstone Group (BX), the private equity firm, and angel investor Marc Benioff, the founder and CEO of sales - tool giant Salesforcecapital firm, which led the raise, as well as Blackstone Group (BX), the private equity firm, and angel investor Marc Benioff, the founder and CEO of sales - tool giant Salesforce (CRM).

So they went after private - equity capital, including venture capital, through deals known as «PIPEs,» which is short for private investment in public equities.

After naming long - time fashion industry veteran Paula Schnieder as its new CEO last week, the company is now evaluating a proposed takeover bid, reportedly from the private equity firm Irving Place Capital.

Meanwhile, the regulatory environment has stalled: banks aren't lending as much money, and the huge wave of venture capitalist and private - equity capital has died down.

The shortlist comprises mainly large companies and big private equity firms including TPG Capital, and excludes many small companies that proposed some kind of combination, such as privately held Yellow Pages owner YP, the people said this week.

Don Hooker, an equity research analyst at KeyBanc Capital Markets, described the 48 - year - old Bush as a strong entrepreneur and visionary.

That will have massive implications for all capital markets, as bonds will bounce, the dollar rally will stall in its tracks and equities could get a second wind due to a less aggressive Fed.