article thumbnail

M&A deals – benefits and drawbacks

Tom Spencer

Such transactions typically happen between two businesses that are about the same size and which recognize advantages the other offers in terms of increasing sales, efficiencies, and capabilities. If there are debts owed by each organization, then the M&A process may increase the total balance sheet debt of the combined company.

article thumbnail

Would a Bund by any other name smell as sweet?

Tom Spencer

Firstly, the German Debt Agency ( Finanzagentur ) normally retains part of any new Bund offer, so a partial sale of Bunds is pretty standard. Thirdly, European banks are currently focused on building their balance sheets not on lending. Case Interviews. Secondly, German Bunds are expensive. How could Dexia fail?

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

5 Steps to Hiring the Right Talent

LSA Global

Certainly, it’s always great to have someone who can be a team player but, if you are hiring for a sales position, it may be more important for them to be articulate and self-motivated. Dig deeper during the interview process. Use some sort of balance sheet to look at the pluses and minuses of each interviewee.

Talent 37
article thumbnail

Has COVID-19 Derailed Your Planning? Tips From a Crisis Management Expert

Martinka Consulting

You can’t make sales calls when ordered not to. For tips on how to minimize damage I interviewed my friend Dan Weedin, who is a crisis and disaster management expert (you can see more about Dan at www.danweedin.com). If you have a line of credit, consider using it to get cash on your balance sheet. Do not “hunker down.”

article thumbnail

Midsize Cities Are Entrepreneurship’s Real Test

Harvard Business

For us, growth events mean simply concrete, directly observable achievements that foreshadow future success: for example, new customer contracts, initial export sales, new bank or equity financings, expanded production capacity, or expanded people platforms (e.g. The average participant in the first cohort has actually doubled its sales.

article thumbnail

There’s No Wrinkle in Time for the Time-based CFO

Free Agent CFO

Susan is constantly studying trends, interviewing key resources, and can tell you every single key number on the financials which are delivered on the last day of the month at 11:59 p.m. Sales go up 11-12 percent annually. The balance sheet is dull and boring with almost no debt. Susan met a CFO coach several years ago.

article thumbnail

Shockingly Bad Fiscal Health of Chicago (and the Financial Engineering Chicago Uses to Hide that Fact)

MishTalk

Among other things, she handles the structuring and sale of bonds for schools across the state. trillion muni market had puzzled at the true identity of Bond Girl, Hector Negroni, co-founder of New York-based investing firm Fundamental Credit Opportunities, said in a telephone interview. “ First let''s go over Culpepper''s background.