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How specialist debt solutions can meet unique business needs

Growth Business

That’s where specialist debt solutions come into play, providing flexibility and tailored structures for those outside the one-size-fits-all lending world. In fact, lending to UK SMEs rose by 13 per cent year-on-year in 2024, exceeding £16 billion, yet net lending remained down due to ongoing repayments of pandemic-era debt.

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Mergers & Acquisitions in a Tech-Driven World: How to Prepare Your Business

Sun Acquisitions

Acquiring companies need to understand the target’s digital capabilities, potential technology debts, and how well their systems integrate with their own. In a tech-driven world, businesses must adapt their M&A strategies to account for digital transformation, cybersecurity, data analytics, and seamless integration.

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Exit Planning Through an Investment Banker’s Lens

Focus Investment Banking

Optimize Working Capital (One Year Ahead) What It Is: Net Working Capital (NWC) is Current assets minus current liabilities (A/R + Inventory A/P + Accrued Expenses), excluding cash, which you keep (in a typical cash-free, debt-free transaction). Have a conversation with your bookkeeper about the below and hold them accountable.

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Investing Principles: Lessons Learned from 20 Years of Wins, Losses, and Strikeouts

Mergers and Inquisitions

Contributions: Yes, contribute to your investment accounts regularly out of your paychecks or profits, but build a 1-year cash reserve first (you could shorten this if its unrealistically high). And money printing and debt levels took off and never looked back.

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Corporate Finance Jobs: Cozy Careers, But Bad “Plan B” Options

Mergers and Inquisitions

Recruiting is straightforward and much less competitive / time-sensitive than IB roles; you can get in coming from a solid-but-not-top-tier university with decent grades and good accounting knowledge. You need to know about accounting and the financial statements in all these roles, but that’s the main similarity.

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Key Financial Metrics Buyers Look for Before Acquiring a Business

Lake Country Advisors

Buyers will want to know where the money goes: reinvestments, debt payments, or delayed receivables. A strong free cash flow position also means they can take distributions, pay down debt, or reinvest as needed. High EBITDA with low cash flow may raise concerns: A disconnect between EBITDA and actual available cash can be a red flag.

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Equity Research vs. Investment Banking: Careers, Compensation, Exits, and AI/Automation Risk

Mergers and Inquisitions

But you would not build models for M&A deals, leveraged buyouts, or debt/equity issuances in research or at least, they would be far simpler than the IB versions. Also, interviewers could go into more depth on accounting and valuation and ask about nuances that many bankers skip or dont fully understand (e.g.,