March 11, 2010 - C.P. Eaton Partners hired Loren Boston, a fundraising veteran and former global head of origination for Bank of America Merrill Lynch's private-equity funds group, as part of the advisory firm's efforts to grab market share from larger rivals.
March 11, 2010 - Junk-rated companies are finding it easier and cheaper to raise money in the bond market and rely less on bank loans.
March 11, 2010 - Loan and bond markets provide attractive terms. Some participants ask: is there too much supply from the industry sector?
March 4, 2010 - Investment bankers have found that, at a time when food commodity prices are above historical levels, interest is heightened in cross-border transactions among agribusiness companies.
March 4, 2010 - Shannon Lowry Nagles first day as a partner in Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobsons bankruptcy and restructuring practice may have been this week, but shes no stranger to Fried Frank partners such as Gary Kaplan and Brad Eric Scheler.
March 4, 2010 - More bankrupt companies are considering junk bonds to finance their exits, but while high-yield issues provide more flexibility and other advantages for debt-laden issuers, they are not a panacea and arent applicable to all businesses, market participants say.
February 18, 2010 - Simon Property's unsolicited offer could boost demand for bankrupt mall REIT's equity sale.
February 18, 2010 - Some deals have been canceled, but observers don't expect defaults to go through the roof this year.
February 18, 2010 - M&A veteran Nigel Bell recently joined Jefferies & Co. as a managing director as part of its expanded focus on consumer products.
February 11, 2010 - Middle-market investment bank teams up with an industry analyst in hopes of snaring more transaction advisory work.
February 11, 2010 - William Blair & Co. has taken a big step to amend the gaps in its private-equity coverage of the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast with the hire of ex-Wachovia PE banker Charles Watson.
February 4, 2010 - Though the financial markets may be gaining some traction, San Francisco-based Eaglepoint Advisors expects to keep working on corporate restructurings, so the new firm hired former Polaroid CEO Gary DiCamillo to run its new Boston office.
February 4, 2010 - Middle-market boutique switches to three-letter moniker. Will it help bring in new deal assignments?
February 4, 2010 - Market observers say they expect junk debt spreads to narrow further, but that tightening likely will be punctuated by pauses when spreads could widen slightly.
January 28, 2010 - In this years roster of IDD Deal of the Year honorees, special guest participants include Congress, the FDIC, an angry public and Spider-Man.