franchise in exchange for funding. However AccessLine’s growth prompted the need for larger investments. Thus‚ in 1994‚ AccessLine diversified their financing to professional equity investors. Providing funding worth $15.5 million‚ AccessLine’s CFO Bill Stuart‚ and Morgan Stanley’s Bill Brady executed the transaction‚ involving the private placement from five investors. Such a strategy was chosen due to AccessLine’s lack of capital in the initial stages of AccessLine’s establishment. AccessLine was not
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Investment Banking Interview Guide Access the Rest of the Interview Guide Investment Banking Interview Guide‚ Advanced LBO Model – Quiz Questions Answers in bold. Table of Contents: • • • Types of Debt and Financing Methods Financial Statement Adjustments and Debt Schedules Calculating Returns Types of Debt and Financing Methods 1. All of the following types of debt are typically “floating-rate” instruments used to finance an LBO EXCEPT: a. Subordinated Notes b. Term Loan A c. Term Loan B d. Revolver
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By Steven Malik Shelton The Blackstone Group is a private equity firm that acquired a majority equity stake in Vanguard Health Systems with a $1.75 billion dollar investment in 2004. According to Josh Kosman‚ business reporter for the New York Post‚ private equity firms purchase businesses through leveraged buy-outs in which the majority of the money for the acquisition comes from loading the purchased company
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Entrepreneurial Finance and Private Equity | Luigi Zingales | Winter 2013 | (773) 702-3196 | Class Schedule Business 34101-01/02/81 IMPORTANT NOTES: 1. For any issue related to course logistics‚ please contact Erika Morey at erika.morey@chicagobooth.edu. (773) 702-1235 in Harper Center suite 208. 2. If you are unable to come to class and turn in memoranda‚ email them to erika.morey@chicagobooth.edu prior to your section’s class time. DO NOT email them to me. Introduction
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Integrative Case‚ HannaH page 1 Integrative Case‚ HannaH By; Kimberly King-Mahaffey Professor Toiya Evans Finance 100 May 30‚ 2010 Integrative Case‚ HannaH page 2 Hannah Eisenstat had a business plan to own and operate a small business to sell coffee to patrons. The business started out with one owner Hannah being sole proprietorship venture. The business started out a bit weak while Hannah found once it was up and operating that the coffee did not produce the flavor she had
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___________________________________________________________________________ 1. One of the toughest trade-offs for any young company is to balance the need for startup and growth capital with preservation of equity. True False 2. Bootstrapping an early stage company is a means of retaining equity. True False 3. A central idea with obtaining risk capital is that a smaller percentage of a larger pie is preferred to a larger percentage of a smaller pie. True False 4. In the majority
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Private Equity: Leveraged Buyouts Intro Case: Martin Smith Martin Smith—Case Objectives • Examine components of PE compensation and their relative weight – Case Exhibit 4 (difference between Salary and Total is Carried Interest) • Evaluate difference between IRR and Multiple on Investment (two return metrics) – Case Exhibit 6 • Begin to explore differences among funds as an employee and investor – trade-offs include compensation‚ track record‚ strategy‚ focus‚ reputation‚ risk
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Business Electives Fall 2013 BUSI 188 Foundations of Leadership: Discovering Your Strengths (1.5 cr.) Restricted to first-year students in the Assured Admit Program This course introduces the concepts of strengths-based leadership development to help uncover strengths and maximize potential for overall success. Students will learn how to connect these strengths to all areas of life‚ including‚ but not limited to‚ their academic journey as well as their future career path. BUSI 409 Advanced
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It’s a history of innovation and growth that has resulted in significant impact. 32–65 OUR STORY 32 The Leader in Private Sector Development 40 Our Priority Sectors 50 Frontier Markets 58 Mobilizing for Maximum Impact CONTENTS This report summarizes IFC’s innovation and leadership role in the private sector. It is organized to highlight our strategy—our role (The Leader in Private Sector Development‚ pages 32–39)‚ what we do (Our Priority Sectors‚ pages 40–49)‚ where we do it (Frontier Markets
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hedge fund and private equity industry and the growing overlapbetween the two. A: Hedge funds‚ historically‚ were more interested in the buying and short selling of defaulted ornear-default bonds within a few weeks or months. This strategy was more of a short-term‚ exit-focused strategy. Now‚ however‚ some hedge funds are becoming more interested in therestructuring and long-term controlling of attractive assets. Hedge funds’ stakes in thesecompanies are then transformed into equity from the arising
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