With 2016 global equity and commodity markets off to a shaky start, should the UK’s mid-market be worried about a potential downturn later this year?
The 2016 macro picture for UK SMEs
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inWith 2016 global equity and commodity markets off to a shaky start, should the UK’s mid-market be worried about a potential downturn later this year?
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, inThe post-crisis bank retrenchment strangled the supply of traditional sources of finance for Europe’s corporate base. In its place, a range of alternative finance providers have flourished. For loans of less than £1mn, new peer-to-peer (P2P) and asset-backed lenders now provide a cheap source of company debt. For loans greater than £200mn, corporate behemoths have ...
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inThe private debt market is fundamentally changing the way European corporates raise debt finance. According to industry reports, direct private financing of independent, growing mid-sized companies runs at 300-400 transactions annually (Standard & Poors LCD data service). This is just the tip of the iceberg as tracking deals with smaller companies with a ...
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inThere has been a sea change in European debt markets over the last 3 years and yet the radical restructuring in corporate finance has gone largely unnoticed by mid-sized businesses. Private debt and capital provided by non-bank fund managers is fast becoming a mainstream alternative to bank lending for European borrowers. Backed by some of ...
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inDirect lending is the provision of private credit directly to small and middle market companies (SMEs) for the purpose of growth or acquisitions.
With banks reducing their supply of loans, new sources of finance have developed. For the smaller loan sizes, peer-to-peer (P2P) and new asset-backed providers have come to play a useful role. Banks ...
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A term to describe the composition and relative rank of the instruments used to finance a company. The capital structure incorporates debt, hybrid instruments (such as mezzanine debt and preferred equity) and equity.
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An option that gives the owner the right to purchase shares in the company at a pre-set price (this set price is usually called the strike price). Warrants are used to cheapen the cash cost of debt for the borrower.