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    Euro Zone Crisis Has Increased I.M.F.’s Power

    April 17, 2013 FRANKFURT — When Wolfgang Schäuble, the German finance minister and war horse of European politics, celebrated his 70th birthday at a theater in Berlin last September, two…

    Equistone invests in Meilleurtaux.com

    16 April 2013 BPCE has announced the completion of the sale of its 100% holding in Meilleurtaux.com (“the Company”) to funds managed by Equistone Partners Europe Limited (“Equistone”). Founded in…

    Cetera Financial Group Inc. added over 13 Billion US Dollars in assets

    Lightyear Capital has raised more or less 3 billion US Dollars since it was incepted across its two funds. Lightyear closed on its first fund, in May 2002. The fund…

    Real estate investing requires a new way of thinking about your money

    27 March : Real estate investor Justin Pierce writes an occasional column about his experiences buying and selling houses in the Washington area. I am struck by how people struggle…

    Long-Term and Intermediate-Term Business Loans

    March 19 ::: All but the smallest of businesses may use both debt and equity financing in financing their business. Bank loans through commercial banks is the most common way…

    What is the debt to asset ratio, how is it calculated, what does it measure?

    March 19 :: The debt to asset ratio is the percentage of total debt financing the firm uses as compared to the percentage of the firm’s total assets. It helps…

    Definition of Debt Financing

    March 19 :: Debt financing is a method of obtaining capital to operate by a business through borrowing money. Businesses borrow money from a variety of commercial sources and then…

    What is Leverage?

    March 19 :: Leverage, as a business term, refers to debt or to the borrowing of funds to finance the purchase of a company’s assets. Business owners can use either…

    What is the long-term debt to total capitalization ratio? How is it calculated?

    19 March :: The debt to asset ratio, the debt to equity ratio, and the long-term debt to total capitalization ratio all measure the extent of the firm’s financing with…

    Overview of Mezzanine Financing

    March 19:: If your company needs money and is privately held, reasonably successful, and in a rising industry with gross revenues of at least $5 million, it may be a…