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Silicon Valley Bank Demise: Causes and the Path Forward

Harvard Corporate Governance

Posted by Sanjai Bhagat and Henry Laurion, University of Colorado Boulder, on Wednesday, January 31, 2024 Editor's Note: Sanjai Bhagat is Professor of Finance, and Henry Laurion is Assistant Professor of Accounting at the University of Colorado Boulder Leeds School of Business. This post is based on their SSRN working paper. more…)

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Weekly Roundup: January 26-February 1, 2024

Harvard Corporate Governance

Huber, Latham & Watkins LLP, on Tuesday, January 30, 2024 Tags: enforcement , ESG , Greenwashing , litigation , regulation , Stakeholders , Value chain Accounting Information and Risk Shifting with Asymmetrically Informed Creditors Posted by Tim Baldenius (Columbia University), Mingcherng Deng (City University of New York), and Jing Li (Hong Kong (..)

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Rolling Back Dodd-Frank: Investors’ and Banks’ Responses to Financial Market Deregulation

Reynolds Holding

Dodd-Frank created a new financial regulatory landscape with intensified federal oversight and an extensive set of regulations on banks, such as stress tests and stricter capital, trading, loan, and mortgage underwriting standards (Acharya and Richardson, 2012; Richardson et al., billion for banks with more than $10 billion in assets.

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Oil & Gas Investment Banking: The First Victim of the ESG Cult?

Brian DeChesare

With the possible exception of FIG , oil & gas investment banking generates the highest number of panicked emails and questions. But before delving into the exit opportunities and the long-term outlook, let’s start with the fundamentals: Oil & Gas Investment Banking Defined. Recruiting into Oil & Gas Investment Banking.

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The School Bell Rings: Time for Class!

Musings on Markets

I started in the MBA program at University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1979, at the tail-end of its basketball glory days, fully expecting to move on to a career in consulting or investment banking, when I was done.

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Discount Rate—Explanation, Definition and Examples

Valutico

For central banks like the Federal Reserve, it helps control the economy. They set this rate to affect how much money moves through banks and influences short-term interest rates. We are going to focus on how discount rates are used in the context of investment, rather than in the context of central banks.

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10 Ways Startup Founders Can Minimize Share Dilution

Lighter Capital

Explore non-dilutive capital sources Growth can sometimes be too anemic to show the traction you need to woo investors and raise equity at the terms you want. Explore alternative funding sources beyond venture capital, like debt financing that won’t dilute your equity. Get Capital to Grow. Got Revenue? Keep Your Equity.

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