Tue.Sep 14, 2021

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The ESG Movement: The "Goodness" Gravy Train Rolls On!

Musings on Markets

Last year, I wrote a post on ESG and explained why I was skeptical about the claims made by advocates about the benefits it would bring to companies, investors and society. In the year since, I have heard from many on the topic, and while there are some who agreed with me on the internal inconsistencies in its arguments, there were quite a few who disagreed with me.

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FRP secures £5.6m refinancing for Rigby Commercial

Accountancy Today

FRP’s Debt Advisory team has helped Rigby Commercial, the property arm of Blackpool-headquartered The Rigby Organisation (Rigby), secure a new £5.6m finance package. The North West property manager, which operates a portfolio of more than 50 commercial and residential properties around Preston and the Fylde coast, has refinanced with the support of specialist lender HS Credit.

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SPAC Litigation: Newest Flavor of the Month or More than Meets the Eye?

Appraisal Rights

As Alison Frankel at Reuters observed , of the 60+ lawsuits filed in New York state court in the first half of this year against SPAC directors for inadequate disclosures, most of them typically settled after the initial complaint was filed, without advancing their claims that the SPAC boards violated their duty of disclosure by withholding key information from their public filings relating to the SPAC transactions.

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Buyback Excise Tax Proposed

Essentials of Corporate Finance

In the textbook, we discussed how buybacks have a tax advantage over dividends because it results in a lower effective tax rate for shareholders. A new law being proposed in the Senate would levy a 2 percent excise tax on all funds used for share buybacks. Although the statement released by the Senator Ron Wyden, who is proposing the buyback tax, essentially argues that buybacks are ill-advised, the evidence is not quite as clear.

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How to Leverage Intent Data for Better Outcomes

Speaker: Susan Spencer, Principal of Spencer Communications

Intent signal data can go a long way toward shortening sales cycles and closing more deals. The challenge is deciding which is the best type of intent data to help your company meet its sales and marketing goals. In this webinar, Susan Spencer, fractional CMO and principal of Spencer Communications, will unpack the differences between contact-level and company-level intent signals.