Wednesday, 21 February 2018

FINTECH AND THE 4TH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION


Software and computer engineering are creating a groundswell for what many have deemed the fourth industrial revolution. This next wave in the way companies, technologies, and people interact, work and live relative to one another is likely to be more transformative than any previous industrial revolution we have yet seen. The breadth and depth of the impact of this 4th revolution will quickly penetrate nearly every industry. Perhaps one of the most impacted will be the financial services world where antiquated tech has remained the status quo for many years. To fully appreciate the overall impact of the 4th “wave,” it will be important to first understand the history and origin of the other three industrial revolutions. It will also be illuminating to track some of the drivers of today’s industrial revolution as well as the general hallmarks and impacts on the financial services world.

UNLIKE ANY OTHER

Central to today’s industrial revolution is the idea that engineering—namely computer and software engineering—will drive its current rate of expansion. It Would be Startups or Stabled Businesses in the Search of Corporate Finance, Investment Banking, and other finance related Services  But first, let’s start from the genesis of such revolutions.
1 st Industrial Revolution. The first industrial revolution was built on water and steam to power transportation and merchandise production. It used heat, water and steam to power large mechanical advances in factories and transportation via railways.
2 nd Industrial Revolution. The second industrial revolution was fueled by the implementation of electrical power. Thanks to engineers like Thomas Edison and Nicholai Tesla, further expansion and mass production were made available. In addition, greater productivity was realized through the invention of devices like the light bulb and eventually smaller electric-powered devices created a productivity wave reached down to the masses.
3 rd Industrial Revolution. The third industrial revolution brought about the combination of information technology and electronics to automate everything from production to business processes. Much of this was powered by the personal computing revolution.
The 4 th  Industrial Revolution stands on the shoulders of the Third in that it uses digital technology to facilitate and further automate systems and processes that required physical, human capital. This wave of automation is changing the way we interact with machines and computing. It is also blurring the lines between industries, technologies, and the physical and digital worlds themselves.

This world is a lot of great business ideas and ready for the next Revolution, but only a fraction of those would-be entrepreneurs ever find a way to finance their startups and dreams. Business loans are hard to come by and few people have the personal resources to finance a startup.

HALLMARKS OF THE 4TH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

One of the biggest trends of the digital revolution that will be different than all previous trends is the speed with which it will unfold. Previous revolutions evolved in a linear way. Most expect the 4th wave of industrial engineering to take an exponential growth path. New technology will help drive the revolution, but the interconnectedness of systems, processes and technology will drive impactful changes in nearly every sector at break-neck speed. The impacts will be system and industry-wide. There will be few that will be left unaffected. Here are some other detailed hallmarks we might expect to see from this digital wave:

·     Technology will begin to substitute, not just complement, the work of other services including some of the most technically-driven services on the market. Engineers (including financial engineers) will not be able to pass the fray unaffected. I expect the impact to jobs may be greater than we might have expected.
·         The delivery of products and services to fit the needs of demanding clients will accelerate. Supply chain and engineering will work together to quickly supply the needs of clients across industries. You thought Google and Amazon were spurring on “on demand” mentality for information and products? The Fourth Revolution will spur a further requirement in products and services at both the consumer and commercial level like never before seen.
·         Competition for products and services will skyrocket. Delineation of tasks within organizations will become more focused, but expectations for understanding and being able to work across functions will increase. Traditional firms will look antiquated as many newer firms with much different models crop-up. Supply-side competitive dynamics are likely to look more like a mess of spaghetti.
·         As engineering solves many of the issues that require regulation, including automating human processes required to keep people and programs in check and running smoothly, regulation will progressively be reduced, thereby loosening the current level of restrictions.
·         Existing incumbents will not only be slow to react in the rapidly-changing environment, but there will be struggles to remain profitable with antiquated business models. For the larger incumbents, the technology and intellectual property will create a hot-bed for Fintech M&A.
Mega-trends are brewing from this perfect storm of activity. The supply-side transformation will continue to manifest itself across the financial marketplace. The revolution involves more than simply efficiency and productivity gains. The disjointed disruption has yet to hit financial services at the same scale as Uber or AirBNB, but the wheels are in motion. Out-of-the-box solutions for technology-enabled finance will occur as boundaries drop. It is exciting to be in the middle.



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Tuesday, 20 February 2018

ALCORs Growth Solutions for Business Helps Corporate Companies in the Areas of Investment Banking, M&A, Private Equity and Corporate Finance.

ALCOR provides a one-stop solution in Investment Banking with world-class corporations and companies as its clientele. ALCOR expertise spans the spectrum of finance - Mergers & Acquisitions, Equity Financing, Debt Financing, ECB, Financial restructuring, and investment banking advisory. ALCOR has footprints across the globe and an extensive presence in India with over 48 regional offices. ALCOR serves a wide cross-section of verticals, some of which are the following: Automotive, Power, Telecom, Electronics, Software, Real Estate, and Education.
True to its global stature as a leader, ALCOR's business philosophy is driven by highest levels of integrity and honesty at the heart of business. ALCOR obeys and complies with the rules of the land. ALCOR’s erudite Directors are from Harvard, Oxford and other prestigious institutions. The execution Team comprises of internationally reputed and highly experienced finance personnel.
ALCOR leverages its strong global footprint and the value of its international board of advisors to provide its clients with high growth transactions across the globe. We use our international deal-making experience to deliver customized advice to clients on each transaction. We assist clients in evaluating international and domestic Acquisitions and Joint Ventures. Global Fortune 500 companies work with ALCOR to assess suitable targets across the globe for market entry or market share expansion. ALCOR solutions include Mergers & Acquisitions, sell side, & buy side advisory, leveraged buyouts & other types of corporate restructuring. Standing aloft with over a 100 man-years in cross-border M&A advisory & independent research & experience, ALCOR, delivers maximum value from their transactions. ALCOR understands the clients' unique business needs, keeping their objectives a top priority. We work with our clients closely, often over five years, to help the client realize the value of their value creation strategy. ALCOR's wide range of product offerings are tailor-made to suit client growth requirements
ALCOR worldwide team allows for targeted search, scenario mapping, synergy realization, and detailed road map with experience-driven cross-border M&A advisory that can be customized with minority buy-in, acquisitions, or even a 50:50 joint venture.
ALCOR uses strategic tools such as the Balanced Scorecard with tailored precision to define the following -
  • Core defense
  • Global customer revenue model
  • Strategic high growth market entry.
  • 360-degree growth model
  • Intangible value proposition .Core foundation pillars
  • Evolved value chain integration.Low cost global value partnerships and several other strategies.
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Monday, 19 February 2018

MEZZANINE FINANCING OPTIONS

Mezzanine financing has created opportunities for investors to secure cheaper alternatives to fund companies. The purpose of the article is to present an overview of mezzanine financing and discuss the various features of the debt. Included in the article is a discussion of the benefits associated with mezzanine financing as well as the risk and implications of incorporating mezzanine financing in a company’s capital structure.

CHARACTERISTICS

Mezzanine financing, also referred to as quasi-equity, comprises of both unsecured debt or second lien debt and has debt and equity characteristics. Mezzanine financing is a type of loan that is subordinated to the senior debt in a firm’s capital structure but is above the common stock or preferred equity. This form of debt can take the form of senior subordinated debt, convertible preferred debentures or as preferred equity. Such loans are frequently used for financing acquisitions or fuelling the fire with needed non-dilutive growth capital. Within a capital structure, it is junior to all debt. Mezzanine debt has a higher interest rate since the risk exposure is more than that of senior debt.
  
The yields of mezzanine financing are the highest in the bond market and are riskier compared to senior debt. Mezzanine debt financing is usually based on covenant packages such as bank facility covenants or high-yield style covenants. The bank facility covenant often has maintenance covenants and is mostly based on the credit facility’s covenants. High yield covenants, on the other hand, can shield a bondholder from unfavorable actions by equity owners and safeguard a bond’s priority of claims.
Mezzanine debt that is similar to high yield debt has components such as optional redemption and call protection provisions that are comparable to high-yield notes. Similarly, mezzanine debt that includes some components of senior debt has mandatory prepayments secured to debt and optional prepayments at par, at low or decreasing premiums. For example, some mezzanine notes can be redeemed at 105% of their principal amount in the first year following the note issuance, 104% in the second year, 103% in the third year and 102% in the fourth year.

BENEFITS OF Mezzanine financing

·      Mezzanine financing is valuable in the capital structure of a company. For example, the equity capital of a company is strengthened with mezzanine financing since equity holdings are not diluted.
·      Mezzanine financing also enhances the structure and creditworthiness of a company and has a positive impact on a company’s rating.
·   Like equity financing, mezzanine financing does not need collateral, thereby, companies have the flexibility to use capital to expand and to manage the operations of the company.
·         The use of mezzanine debt reduces the amount of equity invested in a company and lowers the after-tax cost of capital.  Additionally, the value of stocks held by current shareholders increases when mezzanine financing is integrated in the company’s capital structure.
·         In general, companies that use mezzanine financing have the flexibility to structure covenants, amortization and coupons to adjust and cover exclusive cash flow requirements. 
·         Mezzanine investors benefit from mezzanine financing as it generates higher rates of return. Investors also obtain steady returns from mezzanine funding due to contractual agreements to make interest payments.

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Monday, 12 February 2018

Why publicizing M&A synergies is a big deal


When investors understand where a deal’s value comes from, they tend to reward companies up front.
Investors crave information—especially when it helps them understand the impact that a major strategic move might have on the value of their investments. A large merger or acquisition certainly belongs in that category.
Yet few companies talk openly about the synergies that are often key to a deal’s rationale, and the “rules of thumb” about how and when to share that information are based on little, if any, empirical evidence. I was struck by this recently when a client of mine who was working on a deal announcement received conflicting recommendations about how to treat synergies from four different advisors.
To get some hard answers, my colleagues and I recently looked at how synergy announcements affect a deal’s market value. First, we studied how often companies that made acquisitions in the past six years mentioned synergies when publicizing the deal. I was surprised to learn that only 1 in 5 actually did so.
As we delved further, we found that this seems to be a missed opportunity.

Making M&A deal synergies count

Investors reward deals whose rationales they understand: Acquirers who disclose synergies in their announcements see bigger immediate share-price spikes than those who don’t. That’s true even though, on average, these companies pay higher deal premiums. In the long run, those that announce synergies also enjoy an extra 6 percentage points in two-year excess total return to shareholders (TRS) over those that don’t mention synergies.


Explaining synergy benefits over time further boosts market rewards: As you would expect, when the projected long-term value of the synergies is greater than the premium the acquirer paid, investors are even more enthusiastic about the deal. Yet I’m surprised how few companies do the math to see if the implied synergies add up to justify the deal premium (after discounting for execution risk).
Offering updates on synergies captured pays off: Acquirers that keep the market abreast of synergy benefits as the integration proceeds are more likely to maintain the share-price boost they got at announcement time. Even those whose deals initially received a muted investor reaction often see significantly higher excess TRS two years after the transaction if they offer regular updates.
While there are limitations to so-called announcement effects, generally when investors understand where a deal’s value comes from, they reward companies up front. But you need to have a strong story to communicate, including distinctive rationales for cost, capital, and revenue synergies; a timeline for when you expect them to be fully realized; and disclosure of any risks to successfully capturing them. Assuming you are have identified these elements before you pay a large amount of money (plus a premium) to acquire an asset, what’s the downside of letting your investors know? You only have the upside to lose.
Source - McKinsey & Company
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Wednesday, 31 January 2018

M & A Advisor vs. Investment Banker vs. Business Broker: What’s the Difference?


M&A Advisors

M&A advisors and investment bankers are similar in their offerings, though there are certainly some differences. M&A advisors bridge the transaction market gap between the smaller businesses that are sold by business brokers. The larger transactions typically take on a more complex structure and the regulatory bodies require the servicing professionals to carry certain licenses. However, depending on the transaction structure, some lower middle market transactions do not require the advisor to be licensed under the securities laws. You will find that most M&A advisors are not licensed. This is very much a grey area and subject interpretation of certain foggy facts that will hopefully be addressed by the SEC and Congress in the months to come. If not carefully navigated this can create additional transaction risk to both the advisor and the transacting parties.


Investment Bankers

Investment bankers typically offer a broader range of services and work with larger companies; however, in the last 5 to 10 years it is more common to see investment banking firms servicing clients in the middle market. Investment banks provide several services that business brokers do not. Some of these services include: fairness opinions, public offerings, a much broader line of financial services, etc. These require formal licensing as a broker-dealer. Additionally, investment banks are usually staffed with various professionals that provide a wider range of experience, licenses, and other certifications. The depth of experience and wide array in skill set allows the bank to handle more complex transactions and provide these technical services.

Business Brokers

Business brokers typically serve smaller companies that will likely sell to an individual buyer (vs. a corporate or institutional buyer). The types of businesses they usually service are hair salons, franchises, gas stations, dry cleaners, convenience stores, small service businesses, single location restaurants, etc. The professional agreement terms that are used are very similar to selling a house. It is rare that a business broker will charge an upfront fee. However, it is very common that they will require that the preparation of marketing materials and historical and forecasted financials be all done by the business owner. If you are a buyer, you should know that most, if not all, the preparation is done by the seller. This creates a much bigger transaction risk for both the buyer and seller – it is more likely that the books will not be prepared in agreement with GAAP accounting standards and/or it is highly unlikely that they are audited financials. The typical transaction is the sale of the company’s assets using a template or standard legal forms. These forms often omit key sections that minimize post-transaction liabilities.


How Does the Term ‘M&A Advisor’ Compare to The Term ‘Business Broker’?

One of the primary distinctions between the popular use of the term ‘business broker’ compared to the term ‘M&A Advisor’ is the fact that business brokers are often licensed real estate brokers. In my experience, M&A Advisors almost never have real estate brokerage licenses. Many main street transactions include the property on which the business is based. The owners usually want to sell the business and the property together. If an M&A Advisor is involved in a transaction that includes a real estate component, they would usually separately engage a real estate agent to facilitate the real estate portion of the transaction – even if both are being sold to the same buyer

How M&A Advisors and Investment Bankers Are Similar?

Both Investment Bankers and M&A advisors run a proactive process to sell a company that is structured and usually focused on creating a competitive and timed market for the seller with the goal of optimizing the value and reaching the seller’s objectives. As mentioned before, the process a business broker takes is much more passive. The proactively managed process of M&A advisors and investment bankers tend to add a lot more value. Investment bankers and M&A advisors typically buy and sell companies to/for institutional companies, family offices, other mid to large size companies, private equity funds and occasionally the high wealth individual. The transactions at this size and stage of the market tend to be much more complex. The required level of sophistication, deal experience, and understanding in corporate finance is not found at the lower-end of the spectrum. It is often that these professional provide non-transactional value. In many cases, these groups have worked with companies in similar industries or comparable sizes. They have seen common challenges and growth strategies that work. A polished professional may enlighten management with operational changes that could improve the company prior to a sale.


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Tuesday, 30 January 2018

Benefits of Debt Financing


Access to capital is one among the most important barriers little businesses face once wanting to implement growth ways. That’s why it’s vital to know each the benefits and downsides of debt finance. A convincing truth in business is that it takes cash to create cash; however, it takes inexpensive cash to last. However, wherever can that cash come back from? There square measure scores of choices. Don’t let the word “debt” scare you. Primarily, debt finance is that the act of raising capital by borrowing cash from a loaner or a bank. Reciprocally for a loan, creditors are then owed interest on the cash borrowed. Debt may be cost-efficient, providing little businesses with the funds to top off on inventory, rent further workers, and buy property or much-needed instrumentation.

Advantages of Debt Financing

You Won’t Give Up Business Ownership

To begin with, one major advantage of debt finance is that you just won’t be dropping possession of the business. Once you get rid of a loan from a financial organization or various loaners, you’re duty-bound to create the payments on time for the lifetime of the loan, that’s it. In distinction, if you hand over equity within the style of stock in exchange for funding, you may end up sad regarding input from outside parties relating to the long run of your business.


There are Tax Deductions

A strong advantage of debt finance is that the tax deductions. Classified as a disbursal, the principal, and interest payment thereon debt is also subtracted from your business financial gain taxes. Professional tip: invariably refer to a tax skilled or different monetary planner to assist answer specific questions about however debt affects your taxes.

Low-Interest Rates are Available

Credit cards, peer-to-peer disposition, short-run loans, and different debt finance isn’t useful if the interest rates square measure enthusiastically. However, there's excellent news. A little Business Administration (SBA) loan may be a nice choice for inexpensive funds. With long terms and low rates, associate independent agency loan is that the gold customary for inexpensive finance. If you don’t qualify for associate independent agency loan, there square measure many different choices out there. Simply be conscious of verity price of that loan. Work with a loaner WHO practices complete transparency thus you doesn’t get at bay in a very cycle of borrowing. Perceive your total payment, each interest, and amortization. a decent rule of thumb is that if you sometimes have quite one payment per month or if the payment calculation is too difficult, mind and beware to not move forward.


You’ll Establish and Build Business Credit

The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor report, made by Babson school and different universities, found that one among the highest reasons for discontinuing a business within the U.S. were issues getting finance. Stellar business credit is crucial if you’re seeking inexpensive, semi-permanent debt funding. Therefore, having the flexibility to make your business credit may be a major and crucial advantage to confiscating a loan. Once you build your little business’ credit, you scale back the requirement to accept your personal credit or different high-cost business finance choices. Sensible business credit may also assist you to establish a lot of favorable terms with vendors.

Debt Financing Can Save A Small Business Big Money

Often, little business house owners accept pricy debt – like credit cards, money advances or lines of credit – to induce their business off the bottom. This kind of debt cuts into income and may hinder everyday operations. A giant advantage of debt finance is that the ability to pay off high-cost debt, reducing monthly payments by a whole lot or maybe thousands of bucks. Reducing your price of capital boosts business income.

Long-term Debt Can Eliminate Reliance on Expensive Debt

There are lenders who are using aggressive sales techniques to induce businesses to require out short-run money advances. Some businesses in would like of funds can intermit or six money advances in a very row. This strategy will lure a recipient into a debt cycle with without stopping in a website. Instead, look to induce associate independent agency loan. Independent agency loans have low-interest rates, long terms, and low monthly payments. Independent agency loans may be accustomed facilitate free little business house owners from borrowing traps.


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Tuesday, 23 January 2018

Private Equity & Growth Capital A Growing Opportunity


Growing capital investment is showcasing a diverse set of challenges as well as opportunities to private equity investors. Not all investors are interested or active in the investment but those who are can and will seek capital investments which have matured quite often from the Venture Capital growth cycle and can be on the edge of getting positive EBITDA, but for maximizing the growth opportunities furthermore, investment is needed. Private equity might shy away from those opportunities which might turn out to be cash burning shortly. The reason behind this that there is little appetite for constant responsibility to finance general working capital and cash needs or else for investing significantly where there is less future dilution risk.


However, it's not the case that private equity desires a business that is free from capital necessities, with the non-public equity investor’s investment because it is going to be in the ancient acquisition. In most of the cases, bound funds can sure as shooting address the mercantilism shareholders of any undefeated business; abundant of the investment is also new cash for the company. For a typical growth capital investment, non-public equity is going to be searching for a business with a transparent set up modeling out any capital necessities. These are also vital in quantum, however, can typically get to be restricted and specific, and even the uses of such capital can nearly always be targeted on generating substantial EBITDA growth throughout the investment amount. Typical examples embody strategic funding acquisitions, international growth, and entry into new markets, the redoubled capability to attain a vital mass and further development.

Private Equity Structures Featuring Growth Capital Investments

An interesting trend within the market has seen company entities adopt personal equity-style structures to secure critical assets within the growth capital area. These tend to be assets that the capitalist doesn't need to miss out on, however wherever the founder believes that the business has far more growth potential that he or she desires to deliver and earn the good thing about through preserved share possession. These deals so have several of the options of a subsequent acquisition, together with from an ad, legal and tax perspective.


Many growth capital investee corporations can merely not be as prepared for the necessities of AN institutional capitalist when put next with a lot of prime acquisition candidates. This is often the case in a very variety of areas (which are equally relevant to minority investments). It's unlikely that any shareowner debt may be repaired throughout the first years of the investment. Thus loan note interest can typically roll up and sure compound (this in itself can, after all, have its impact on the real equity worth of the business going forward; this can get to be modelled carefully).

There are, of course, a variety of critical variations from the fact that the investment is from a trade customer as against from personal equity. These embody the actual fact that there'll possibly be no sale of the investee business or alternative exit on the horizon for the trade customer through that founders and managers will realize that in progress investments. Associated with this, is that the importance of the founding father of liquidity within the future and his interest not losing worth as a result of the long run capital needs of the business. This results in elaborate negotiations and agreements in such transactions for liquidity opportunities, valuation methodologies and agreement principles regarding the shape and impact of any future capital needs.


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