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From sale leasebacks to M&A, we cover the strategies shaping today’s most important capital decisions. Explore market trends, real case studies, and expert perspectives designed to help business owners and financial sponsors make smarter, more informed decisions.
Earnouts: How Sellers Can Evaluate Value Beyond Cash at Closing
A recent Axial article, “An Earnout Is Not Purchase Price,” raises an important point about how sellers evaluate acquisition offers. Cash at closing and ...
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Higher Interest Rates Put Corporate Real Estate Back in Focus
The Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank raised interest rates in September, adding a new complication for companies weighing acquisitions, ...
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Sale Leaseback vs. Traditional Real Estate Financing
Companies seeking liquidity from owned real estate generally have two primary options: borrow against the property or complete a sale leaseback.
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The Capital Your Business Needs May Already Be in Your Real Estate
Many businesses need capital to repay debt, purchase equipment, increase production, finance an acquisition, or provide liquidity to shareholders. Yet a ...
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Want to Sell Your Business Someday? Start Making Yourself Less Important
For many business owners, being indispensable can feel like a sign of success.
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Sale Leasebacks as a Private Equity Value Creation Tool in Mexico
By Nina Valtchanov For private equity firms investing in Mexico, owned operating real estate can be more than a balance sheet asset. When evaluated alongside ...
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A CFO’s Guide to Corporate Real Estate and Better Capital Allocation
For many companies, real estate is one of the largest assets on the balance sheet. Manufacturing facilities, distribution centers, headquarters, and other ...
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Powell vs. Warsh: Two Visions for the Federal Reserve
The transfer of power at the Federal Reserve is usually designed to be uneventful. Chairs overlap with their successors, frameworks carry forward, and markets ...
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Who Owns Football (Soccer)?
Sam Jacobs is a Head of Canadian M&A and Global Chief Marketing Officer at Ascension Advisory. Sam pursued graduate studies in Sport History at Western ...
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How Younger Entrepreneurs Are Financing Blue-Collar Businesses
When Forbes recently examined the growing trend of millennials acquiring blue-collar businesses, it highlighted a shift that has been building across the lower ...
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