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Data Update 6 for 2025: From Macro to Micro - The Hurdle Rate Question!

Musings on Markets

Data Update 4 for 2025: Interest Rates, Inflation and Central Banks! Data Links Cost of capital, by industry grouping: US , Global, Emerging Markets , Japan , Europe , India , China ) Cost of capital distribution, by industry Paper links The Cost of Capital: The Swiss Army Knife of Finance

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SEC Risk Factors Disclosure Analysis

Harvard Corporate Governance

Opportunities remain to better align external risk reporting with internal risk management and reporting processes, improve the readability and categorization of risks, and make disclosures less generic.

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The Front Office, Middle Office, and Back Office: How Banks Organize Their Dungeons

Brian DeChesare

Yes, if you’re working at a large bank, it’s generally best to be in a “front office” (client-facing) role. First, note that these terms apply only to investment banks and related finance firms (private equity firms, hedge funds, etc.).

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Best Financial Innovations 2024

Global Finance

Technology advances bring the high-touch experience to more clients, large and small. Its new generative AI tool analyzes and summarizes the minutes and announcements from the Monetary Policy Committee of Brazil’s central bank and the Federal Open Market Committee of the US Federal Reserve.

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Corporate Treasurers Proceeding With Caution

Global Finance

Access to finance was a huge concern at the start of the pandemic [in 2020] as thoughts turned to the global financial crisis and a potential repeat of bank insolvency,” notes Kristen Roberts, partner and head of the London corporate debt practice at HSF. “So How they access the market has also changed.

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Davis Polk Discusses Key Takeaways for Banks of Basel Climate Report

Reynolds Holding

The Basel Principles 1 align closely with the climate-related risk management principles proposed by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the “OCC Proposal”) 2 and the Federal Deposit Insurance Company (the “FDIC Proposal”). 6 The Basel Principles also state that “smaller banks.

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Growth Equity: The Child Prodigy of Private Equity and Venture Capital, or an Artifact of Easy Money?

Brian DeChesare

The main factors were: The Rise of Tech and Software – Since so many growth equity deals involve technology, the sector’s rise over the past 10 – 20 years also drove a lot of growth equity investing. The main risk factor in deals is executing the growth plan, not default risk due to debt (PE) or product/market risk (VC).