by Tim Delaney | May 8, 2016
Valeant in trouble Valeant Pharmaceuticals has been a bit of a nightmare for customers, shareholders, and debt holders lately. Its strategy of acquiring established drugs, paying with debt, and doubling prices to cover the costs has provoked a furious response from...
by fintrain | Feb 16, 2016
A unitranche loan, as the name implies, is one tranche of debt that can replace the traditional two tiered (i.e. first-lien/second-lien, senior/subordinated or secured/unsecured) debt structure for highly leveraged companies. For those unfamiliar with this...
by Ron Carleton | Dec 10, 2013
In November 2011, ACCO Brands, a leading manufacturer of office products, and MeadWestvaco Corporation, a leader in packaging, agreed to merge MeadWestvaco’s Consumer & Office Products business into ACCO Brands in a transaction valued at approximately $860...
by Ron Carleton | Apr 27, 2013
99 Cents Only Stores operates a chain of over 300 “extreme value retail stores” in California, Texas, Arizona and Nevada.The company was founded in 1982, and in January 2012 it was taken private by Los Angeles private equity firm Ares Management and the Canada Pension...
by Ron Carleton | Dec 11, 2012
1) I will think like an equity analyst. In order to properly assess the credit risk of a company, you must understand what management is thinking. Since management works for the owners of the company, not its creditors, you must think like an owner. Is there a...
