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What’s Next for US M&A

Harvard Corporate Governance

Rates and financing costs to increase. The increasing interest rate environment has, and will inevitably continue, to make deal financing more costly as spreads widen. Leveraged loans and high-yield bonds are at the riskier end of the curve, and PE firms rely heavily on this financing.

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The Corporate Life Cycle: Corporate Finance, Valuation and Investing Implications!

Musings on Markets

In fact, the business life cycle has become an integral part of the corporate finance, valuation and investing classes that I teach, and in many of the posts that I have written on this blog. In 2022, I decided that I had hit critical mass, in terms of corporate life cycle content, and that the material could be organized as a book.

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Sports Investment Banking: How to Win the Super Bowl and the World Cup in the Same Year

Brian DeChesare

It mixes public finance , project finance , real estate , and infrastructure. It does help to have industry experience in one of the related sectors (tech/TMT, real estate, infrastructure, public finance, etc.), For more on these points, please see the public finance investment banking article and the analytical examples there.

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Does Impairment Affect EBITDA? An In-Depth Analysis

RNC

Understanding how impairment charges influence EBITDA can provide insights into a company’s financial health in financial analysis. This blog dives deep into the question: How does impairment impact EBITDA? Understanding EBITDA Calculation EBITDA stands for ‘Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization’.

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The Credit Analyst Career Path: How to Get Into Finance Through the Side Door

Brian DeChesare

The commonality is that they can be useful side doors into the finance industry, especially if you got started late , earned lower grades , or did not complete enough internships : What is a “Credit Analyst”? And if you’re in a more specialized role, such as structured finance or real estate lending , you might also be a credit analyst.

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Project Finance vs. Corporate Finance: Careers, Recruiting, Financial Modeling, and More

Brian DeChesare

With the craze over renewable energy and infrastructure over the past few years, we’ve received more and more questions about Project Finance vs. Corporate Finance. And yes, coincidentally, we have a new Project Finance & Infrastructure Modeling course. By contrast, Project Finance roles are more specialized and “siloed.”

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SaaS EBITDA Margins and The Rule of 40

Lighter Capital

When “growth at any cost” was the name of the game in tech, founders could breeze by without calculating and comparing their startup’s EBITDA margin. EBITDA — earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization — is a profitability measure that excludes costs that can obscure the true performance of a business.

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