by Gina Vlosky | Aug 17, 2018 | Asset backed securities
The U.S. economy seems to be humming along. Unemployment is at just 3.9 percent after hitting an 18-year low in May 2018, and real GDP is forecast to grow at 3.1 percent for 2018. While news about the economy and the stock market, which is just off record highs, seems to be getting all the headlines, there is another area that’s in record territory but getting almost no news. What’s seeing tremendous growth under the radar are auto asset-backed securities (ABS).
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by Gina Vlosky | Aug 10, 2018 | M&A
While entertainment mega-mergers like AT&T/TimeWarner and Disney/Fox are dominating the business news headlines, the implications of tax reform and other policies from the Trump administration are changing the merger landscape for all types of industries. One sector that’s experiencing significant consolidation, a lot of it “under the radar,” is healthcare.
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by Gina Vlosky | Jul 17, 2018 | virtual data rooms
Here are 5 questions to ask yourself before making that determination. If you’re like me, you never seem to understand why friends stay in bad relationships. It becomes evident to everyone on the outside that it’s run its course, but the couple just can’t seem to part...
by Gina Vlosky | Jul 11, 2018 | Private Equity, virtual data rooms
Every once in a while, something is said about business that’s so on point that it’s hard to phrase it in any other way. In this case, it’s KPMG with their recent report “The digital transformation imperative.” The consulting firm writes:
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by Gina Vlosky | Jun 21, 2018 | Corporate, M&A, Private Equity, Security, virtual data rooms
Do I Really Need a Virtual Data Room? Comparing Data Rooms to Sites like DropBox
The worldwide virtual data room (VDR) market is expected to more than double in size to nearly $1.9 billion by 2022, this according to MarketsandMarkets. Driven by a combination of robust M&A activity, technological improvements and changing business practices, these highly secure systems for storing and managing sensitive data are streamlining how transactions are conducted.
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