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High Yield Sees More Common Stock

May 6, 2010 - Issuers look to refinance existing debt or pay for acquisitions with convertible debt transactions.

Earnout Implications

May 6, 2010 - These clauses play an important role to bridge the gap between buyers and sellers, but there are tripwires that can sour a deal.

Hunting Some Bigger Game

April 29, 2010 - Using the heft of its Canadian parent as a selling point, RBC Capital Markets is reaching out to large Wall Street customers.

Advent Banks on Electronic Payments

April 22, 2010 - The Boston private-equity firm gambles on transaction processing companies after finding deals in banking too tricky.

Leveraged Loan Rebirth Continues

April 22, 2010 - A trio of term loans and plans for three collateralized loan obligations suggest that things are getting better in the debt markets.

How Courts See the 'Just Say No’ Defense

March 11, 2010 - Tactics like the poison pill are rarely used but can be employed by a target board to get a better offer or a white-knight suitor.

Scoping the Tech Horizon

March 4, 2010 - For all the bullishness over tech M&A, no one seems ready to proclaim the market fully open, nor does anyone predict another banner year like 2007, when $193 billion of tech transactions were completed.

Junking Your Way Out of Chapter 11

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 aren’t applicable to all businesses, market participants say.

PE’s New Deal Flavor: Joint Ventures

March 4, 2010 - With debt financing still tough to come by, private-equity investors are teaming up with deep-pocketed corporations to find new transactions and help finance their deals.

No High Anxiety in High-Yield Market

February 18, 2010 - Some deals have been canceled, but observers don't expect defaults to go through the roof this year.

Who Will Lead the Regional Pack?

February 18, 2010 - Winners within banking world may be decided by who has less exposure to commercial real estate debt battered by the recession.

Guess Who's Come to the Middle Market?

February 18, 2010 - Bulge-bracket firms have a bigger presence than many think, and Goldman Sachs is a dominant force.

IPO Buyers Get Picky

February 18, 2010 - Private-equity firms are finding a lukewarm reception from IPO investors concerned about high valuations in new offerings.

PEs' Return to Roll-Ups Gathers Steam

February 4, 2010 - PE firms are shopping for bite-sized acquisitions in the new post-LBO world, but will today's roll-up pan out?

IDD Deal of the Year Awards

January 28, 2010 - In this year’s roster of IDD Deal of the Year honorees, special guest participants include Congress, the FDIC, an angry public and Spider-Man.