by Angus Ryall | Jul 18, 2022 | Uncategorised
How can you judge the intangible aspects of a finance offer? I have been asked this question a couple of times recently, and when everyone is focused on the economics of a transaction, it is often not given as much thought as it should. The softer factors to be...
by Angus Ryall | Jul 18, 2022 | Uncategorised
I do one thing, and one thing only…. …which is often a surprise, and sometimes even disappointing, for new contacts that are often looking for advice on valuing and negotiating to buy a business. My focus is purely on raising the debt required to buy a...
by Angus Ryall | Jul 18, 2022 | Uncategorised
Industrial logic is a term I like. One example is when you look at fixed-cost industries – it is difficult for a small-scale business to generate sufficient returns, as the cost base is spread across too few customers. What is the solution? Often the business...
by Angus Ryall | Jul 18, 2022 | Uncategorised
Where do you turn when seeking funding… debt or equity? In fairness I rarely get asked this question, but it bubbles to the surface regularly when looking at capital structures, particularly for acquisitions. This is because buyers typically want to maximise...
by Angus Ryall | Jul 18, 2022 | Uncategorised
Much in the press in recent days of PE firms selling assets to themselves. Reasonably recent phenomenon that the media have not yet been able to agree on a suitable catchy phrase, or worse, a 3 letter acronym, for this activity. When running fixed life funds...
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