Investing in Chinese High Yield Bonds Uncategorized by Matt - March 3, 2022March 3, 20220 If you have been reading on Bloomberg, there have been some issues with China offshore credit lately. The Asia high yield bond market is dominated by China, which is in turn dominated by the property development sector. As a result of the collapse of US dollar denominated Chinese property developer bonds,
What’s Going On With China Real Estate? Uncategorized by Matt - February 20, 2022February 20, 20220 General Overview of China Real Estate Market in 2022 Starting in the 2nd half of 2021, China Property (or China Property High Yield, China Real Estate High Yield, China Real Estate equities) became a big topic for global markets. Although already trending down from the February 2021 highs reached by Chinese stocks
Sample Leveraged Finance Interview Questions Leveraged Finance by 150allin - November 19, 2021January 6, 20220 Here are some leveraged finance interview questions. Why are financial maintenance covenants important? If a company underperforms, allows creditors to apply pressure or take action before there is leakage to other stakeholders or before the situation gets too bad What are some factors to look at when lending money to a prospective borrower? What
Economic Update April 5th, 2021 Canada USA by Miranda - April 17, 2021April 19, 20210 Economic Data Canada In March, the unemployment rate fell to 7.5 percent from 8.2 percent in the prior month. In February, headline inflation remained low at 1.1 percent year-over-year. However, energy inflation increased to 2.4 percent as energy prices surged. Overall, Canadian GDP grew by 0.7 percent in January, beating Statistics
Q4 2020 Canadian M&A Roundup Mergers & Acquisitions by Chayten Hansra - March 21, 2021April 2, 20210 M&A Activity Overview Canadian M&A activity finished the year strong with 935 transactions announced in the final quarter of 2020. The fourth quarter M&A announcement numbers are partially higher than “normal” because many deals were put on pause in the earlier part of the year. Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, there
GameStonks!!! :rocket: :moon: Consumer & Retail Sales & Trading by Karl - January 27, 2021January 27, 20210 You'd have to be living under a rock if you hadn't heard about what's happening to GameStop yet - the meteoric rise in the stock price of the unprofitable chain of game stores has captured the attention of finance bros and regular joes everywhere. The stock, worth as little as
What I Missed About Tesla Stock Investing by Matt - January 16, 2021January 16, 20210 Improving as an Investor: Self Reflection I am a pretty good investor. My total returns in 2020 exceeded 60%, with gains primarily driven by select big tech stocks, consumer and China. I missed out on run ups in SaaS, Tesla, Peloton, NIO, Zoom and Bitcoin/Crypto. I also applied a lot of leverage
Overview of Major Chinese Tech Stocks Technology by Matt - January 9, 2021January 15, 20210 In progress... Overview of Major Chinese Tech Companies In this article we provide a summary of major Chinese tech companies that are the dominant players domestically and have broad reach globally. Chinese tech giants have the largest market capitalizations in China (and some of the largest in the world) and will become
Q3 2020 Canadian M&A Roundup Mergers & Acquisitions by Jacob - January 8, 2021January 9, 20210 North American Overview In the third quarter of 2020, North American M&A activity experienced its largest increase since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic as companies looked to the middle market to complete transactions. Certain sectors engaged in M&A activity to take advantage of struggling businesses while other sectors participated in
Private Debt / Direct Lending Overview Credit Fixed Income by Matt - January 8, 2021January 16, 20210 What is Private Debt / Direct Lending? Direct lending, private debt, private credit, private lending, illiquid credit and alternative credit are sometimes used interchangeably for bespoke, structured credit offered by non-bank lenders - going directly to the borrower. As the group of lenders is either a small consortium or just one counterparty,