Mr. Kramer is founder and strategic advisor to the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC), a non-profit education and resource center that serves
debt and equity investors interested in the seniors housing and care industry.
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Mr. Noskow regularly represents private equity funds, fundless sponsors, mezzanine funds, distressed
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The answer is from
debt and equity investors.
Not exact matches
A majority of private
equity executives
and debt investors are expecting a recession to hit the UK in the next two years, a report showed.
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.
Tapping into tax credit allocations through the New Market Tax Credits scheme, which offers
investors tax credits for investing in CDFIs, generated more than $ 65 million in leveraged
debt from TCE
and Capital Impact
and $ 60 million of tax credit
equity from JP Morgan
and US Bank.
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.
To finance the company's deals, the company also behaved largely like a private
equity firm, relying on
debt and joint ventures with real estate
investors.
That background helped him convince
investors to pony up $ 220 million in
equity and debt before Jet even launched.
Some funds are from
debt (less risky to the creditors, so it has a lower cost of capital to the firm),
and some funds come from
equity (more risky to the
investors, so these have a higher cost of capital).
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.
Alternatively, if the company has the $ 10 million bond outstanding
and $ 20 million in
equity, giving a
debt - to -
equity ratio of 0.5,
investors can feel a little bit more comfortable.
However, while we are in the sweet spot, we do see selected opportunities among EM assets that
investors may want to consider, including in EM local - currency
debt and certain
equity markets.
In summary,
debt investments can provide
investors with current income
and security not afforded to
equity investors.
With
debt financing, the fixed repayment schedule
and the high cost of loan repayment can make it difficult for a business to expand while with
equity financing, money is invested in the business in exchange for
equity - there is no fixed repayment schedule
and investors generally have a long term goal of return on investment.
Investors have historically accessed infrastructure through private
debt and equity markets (see graphic below).
It has raised more than $ 4 billion in outside
equity and debt financing; its
investors include a Who's Who of Silicon Valley venture - capital firms (Greylock, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz)
and a number of high - profile individuals, such as Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
Moreover,
debt investments have a finite life
and an
investor's relationship with the company ends upon maturity
and repayment of the
debt capping the potential upside afforded to
equity investments.
Typically this conversion is at a discount to the next
equity round (to compensate the
debt investors for their risk)
and sometimes carries warrants (same rational) or a cap on the
equity price that the
debt converts into.
However, in comparison to households that only hold owner - occupier
debt, there is evidence that
investors tend to accumulate higher savings in the form of other assets (such as paying ahead of schedule on a loan for their own home, as well as accumulating
equities, bank accounts
and other financial instruments).
The Carlyle Group («Carlyle») is one of the world's largest global alternative asset management firms that originates, structures
and acts as lead
equity investor in management - led buyouts, strategic minority
equity investments,
equity private placements, consolidations
and buildups, growth capital financings, real estate opportunities, bank loans, high - yield
debt, distressed assets, mezzanine
debt and other investment opportunities.
Didi has raised over US$ 10 billion in
debt and equity from
investors including conglomerates such as Apple, Tencent
and Alibaba.
If you are ready to accept outside investment
and believe you will be able to access sufficient financing from private
investors, develop a long - term financing strategy for your business that plans for
equity investment
and the use of
debt to start
and scale your business.
The Treasury is taking responsibility for making bad lenders
and bad
investors whole, but leaving bad
debts and even Negative
Equity on the books
and even putting the government in the position of «
debt collector of last resort.»
Moody's
Investors Service, which downgraded Tesla's credit rating further into junk in March, still expects Tesla will need to raise about $ 2 billion selling
equity, convertible bonds or
debt, to offset the cash it burns this year
and securities maturing through early 2019.
An
investor would be well served to ignore the buy, sell or hold recommendation S&P attaches to each of the reports, instead looking at the growth in earnings,
debt levels
and the return on
equity rates for past several years.
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For preferred
equity and debt investments, EquityMultiple receives a servicing fee in the form of a «spread» between the interest rate being paid to them by the sponsor or originating lender
and that being paid to
investors.
This is especially true on the downside because high yield
investors typically are «privy» to bank credit information — trust me, this is true, as our high yield desk was next to the bank
debt trading desk
and we were very friendly with each other —
and can see when corporate numbers are deteriorating well in advance of
equity analysts
and investors.
Jason assists issuers, investment dealers, investment portals
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and private
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and private
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and project finance.
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a reduction in the rating awarded a
debt or
equity security; a credit agency downgrades the
debt of a company, municipality, or governmental entity indicating a potential deterioration in the financial situation of the issuer
and its ability to meet its obligations in full
and / or on time.; a downgrade suggests
investors are less certain to receive interest payments
and return of capital
Represents high net worth
and angel
investors and venture capital funds in initial
and follow on
debt and equity financing transactions.
Sometimes an
equity investor,
and sometimes I focus on
debt.
Leverage relationships with premier angel
investors, venture capital firms
and other sources of
debt and equity funding
In the July 2010 version of their paper entitled «The Impact of
Investor Sentiment on the German Stock Market», Philipp Finter, Alexandra Niessen - Ruenzi
and Stefan Ruenzi test the predictive power of a composite sentiment measure combining consumer confidence, net
equity mutual funds flow, put - call ratio, aggregate trading volume, initial public offering (IPO) returns, number of IPOs
and aggregate
equity - to -
debt ratio of new issues.
They bought enormous amounts of mortgages
and other
debt instruments,
and they drove down interest rates to virtually zero to ensure that the large investment banks
and financial institutions survived — forcing retail
investors to participate in high - risk securities such as
equities and corporate
debt instead of stashing their money in banks.
But because the
equities market is at such high levels with a record margin
debt, this combination along with the shift in
investor sentiment could lead to a significant
and dramatic sell - off.
While developed markets flounder in a post-crisis quagmire of sovereign
debt, developing markets are enjoying much better times —
and private
equity investors have taken note.
Because the
equities market has been pushed up by this additional flow of funds, any sign that
investor sentiment is shifting will lead to a pullback in margin
debt,
and this leads to selling pressure in the
equities market.
Potential risks
and uncertainties include the availability of acceptable bank
debt financing; the availability of acceptable additional
equity investors; delays or interruptions in construction of power plants; the timely availability of required permits
and authorizations for projects from governmental entities
and third parties; changes in applicable regulatory requirements
and incentives for production of solar power;
and other risks described in the company's filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission.
In fact, lenders, partners, suppliers
and investors may all be turned off by a high
debt - to -
equity ratio.
The YC documents are probably fine in situations where the
investor (i) wishes to purchase
equity rather than convertible
debt, (ii) is otherwise somewhat indifferent on terms other than percentage ownership of the company, liquidation preference
and right of first offer in future financings, (iii) is investing at a fairly low valuation (i.e. a couple of million dollars),
and (iv) is only investing a small amount (i.e. a couple hundred thousand dollars or less).
If you're a value
investor, you're looking for stocks with low
debt - to -
equity ratios, low P / E ratios, depressed prices,
and positive future earnings forecasts
and prospects.
Alternative investments, such as hedge funds, private
equity / private
debt and private real estate funds, are speculative
and involve a high degree of risk that is suitable only for those
investors who have the financial sophistication
and expertise to evaluate the merits
and risks of an investment in a fund
and for which the fund does not represent a complete investment program.