You've got to earn potential clients» confidence, especially in this economic climate
of the credit crisis.
While other companies have been putting the brakes on their acquisition strategies in the wake
of the credit crisis and falling retail demand (year - over-year national sales volume dropped more than 50 percent in the first two months of 2008...
While other companies have been putting the brakes on their acquisition strategies in the wake
of the credit crisis and falling retail demand (year - over-year national sales volume dropped more than 50 percent in the first two months of 2008, according to Real Capital Analytics), Costa Mesa, Calif. - based real estate owner Donahue Schriber has been upping its game.
The company was in trouble, unable to refinance several billion dollars in debt that was coming due in the midst
of the credit crisis.
Cap rates on Walgreen's have moved little in the wake
of the credit crisis and average 6.25 % to 6.75 %.
The deal represents the largest single borrower retail financing transaction in the U.S. since the start
of the credit crisis, according to Carroll.
The blistering pace of investment sales activity that had property management assignments flipping like hotcakes during early 2007 has cooled in the wake
of the credit crisis.
Perhaps the ultimate manifestation
of the credit crisis in the legal arena is the increasing number of company officers and owners who are risking personally liable for the «deepening insolvency» of their companies, says Smith.
«Around November - December, we began to see the real effects
of the credit crisis because at that point corporate and real estate transactions really began to become quiet,» said Bruce James, a managing partner of Brownstein and the firm's chief executive.
That puts Canada at odds with legal precedent in the United States, where leveraged buyouts have been more prevalent over the past quarter - century and had grown increasingly large in value until the onset
of the credit crisis last year put a chill on big deals.
According to Bloomberg, clients are paying a premium of 1,000 pounds ($ 1,440) an hour for financial regulatory advice, even while law firms are suffering the consequences
of the credit crisis.
This week we look at the disastrous impact
of the credit crisis on savings.
And as I said below, developed market investors face the same risks in a different way — tot up their stock losses in the middle
of the credit crisis, plus the cost of future taxes & debt (and now deposit losses!?)
«Lenders of credit - card debt, auto loans and mortgages have adopted tighter credit - underwriting criteria in the aftermath
of the credit crisis.
Studies the increasing beta of various asset classes relative to the stock market on the cusp
of a credit crisis.
That might change as we get near the nadir
of the credit crisis, but it does set up an interesting dynamic.
These lenders previously obtained funding from investors, but were unable to raise funds from the capital markets because
of the credit crisis.
Argentina may be a mess, but those trouble existed way before the onslaught
of the credit crisis.
The banker who was working with me to recapitalize my steel business in 2008, and who eventually said no as the business credit all around the country dried up in the wake
of the credit crisis, told me this:
The government, in its wisdom, then decided to buy the West - Link in mid-2007 — just ahead
of the credit crisis!
This is much worse than junk bonds, since the default rate on those even at the height
of credit crisis never reached 20 %.
Minimum volatility strategies were among the most popular forms of equity smart beta that attracted fervent attention in the wake
of the credit crisis.
Both funds were small in advance
of the credit crisis, and investors bought into them as yields spiked, and bought even more as income opportunities diminished largely due to the Fed's low - rate monetary policies.
The Federal Trade Commission increased monitoring of industry practices in the aftermath
of the credit crisis of 2008.
A couple of months ago at the «height»
of the credit crisis bonds were extremely attractive.
So the bar has certainly been raised on some credit standards in the wake
of the credit crisis of 2008.
And at another firm, I could not convince my boss to go long once the nadir
of the credit crisis had passed.
Personal loans can be an effective way to dig out
of a credit crisis, but the irony is that the more difficult your credit situation is, the harder it is to get a personal loan and make that debt a bit more manageable.
The audits in question took place in 2009, covering the first year
of the credit crisis.
Ruffer's well known for warning investors
of the credit crisis as early as 2006.
One of the ironies and unintended consequences
of the credit crisis is that, while fewer large brokerages remain, those that stuck around are raking in easy money from the large institutions that now have limited choice when executing trades.
Not exact matches
They're also a potentially important move for banks, which have been criticized for moving too slowly to provide
credit to small businesses in the wake
of the financial
crisis.
Alliance Data's Ed Heffernan is
credited for keeping the company afloat and optimistic in the aftermath
of the financial
crisis.
Daily Mail: Judging by sales
of Durex, large numbers
of Brits have decided to hide from the
credit crisis by tumbling into bed — or they have decided they can't afford children.
While borrowing from family and friends can get you through a short - term
crisis, they are generally not a source
of ongoing
credit.
S&P 500 corporations had about $ 900 billion in surplus cash socked away as
of mid-2012, 40 % more than just prior to the
credit crisis, says The Economist.
As part
of United's
crisis management, the airline said late Wednesday that all passengers on Sunday's United Express Flight 3411 are getting reimbursement equal to the cost
of their tickets, which can be taken in cash, travel
credits, or miles.
Since the Italian
crisis is likely to grind on - with another round
of elections a near certainty over the next year - the euro will remain under pressure because the ECB will continue to maintain easy
credit conditions while signs
of the Fed's less accommodative stance will become increasingly more evident.
After a slow and steady recovery following the housing
crisis of 2008, Leibowitz explains that American consumers generally had fewer problems with their mortgages, better employment prospects, and greater access to
credit, which made them less likely to file.
During hearings on the near collapse
of the U.S. auto - industry in the aftermath
of the 2008
credit crisis, the Big Three automaker CEOs appeared before a congressional committee to account for themselves.
A tightening
of bank lending standards and a drying up
of the home - equity - loan market in the post-financial
crisis era have made small business
credit less available than it used to be.
In addition to covering the full range
of investment opportunities, the book features new material on the Great Recession and the global
credit crisis as well as an increased focus on the long - term potential
of emerging markets.
She built up a stack
of unsecured debt before the
credit crisis devastated her investments in 2008.
Prices finally soared to the US$ 140 - barrel range in mid-2008 before plunging just as dramatically in the recessionary aftermath
of the 2008
credit crisis.
Even the most popular explainer in recent years
of the financial
crisis — «The Big Short» — had to employ non sequiturs with celebrities explaining ideas like mortgage - backed securities and
credit default swaps to communicate how it happened.
The often blunt CEO
of JPMorgan Chase rose up the ranks
of Wall Street and, after being ousted from Citigroup by former CEO Sandy Weill, later went on to the top job at JPMorgan and is
credited with leading the bank through the financial
crisis relatively unscathed compared to other banks.
After the
credit crisis of 2008, many sources
of financing for commercial real estate have dried up.
As the
credit crisis continued to swirl, the Dow had closed the day before at 6,547.05, a staggering 54 percent plunge from its all - time closing high above 14,000 in October
of 2007.
Moreover, Treasuries are quite sensitive to rate increases, and Ms. Jones found that the
credit quality
of the corporate bonds in the index had decreased since the financial
crisis.
We now know that bad lending practices were a principle cause
of the worldwide
credit crises that continues to restrain the recovery.