Debtwire Middle-Market – 1/30/2023
The new year kicked off with positive news from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, reporting on 6 January that the unemployment rate had fallen to 3.5% during December, and that 223,000 jobs were added to the workforce. Loans and bonds saw significant upswings in secondary market pricing leading up to the announcement, and continued to […]
What We’re Hearing: American’s Mind-Blowing Labor Market
No caveats needed: This is a rip-roaring labor market, in stark defiance of months of recession chatter — and the Federal Reserve’s efforts to slow things down. That is a precarious balance (more on how the Fed might react below), but it is a remarkable situation. The jobless recoveries of the early 2000s now look […]
The Automation Capital Facility
As labor challenges plagued a company during 2021, they established a separate credit facility to fund enhanced automation needs at a low cost of capital and asset-by-asset finance structures that allowed for lower capital outlays as new equipment was reaching production thresholds and a higher ROA over the life of the new automation investment. Benefits […]
Gearing Up for Short Term Contract Manufacturing
In 2002, the average contract manufacturing agreement had a 60 month term. For 5 years, you could build a business model based on the supply, packaging or distribution goods. And those were clearly the good old days. Increases in automation, something called “big data” around customer preferences and margin compression across the board have led […]
Attacking 3 big lending issues facing manufacturers
We live in interesting times. Political rhetoric at the macroeconomic level, trade disputes, and increasingly short-term contract demands create business challenges for manufacturers that require a more sophisticated approach to managing short term and long term capital needs. Building the right go-to-market model and the budget to achieve sustainable profitability first starts with a recognition […]
CFMA Article: Of Cowboys and Lenders…
The Construction Financial Management Association asked Nexseer Capital to offer insights on lending an such a dynamic industry and how firms might most effectively deal with rapidly changing lending policies and bank practices. CLICK HERE to read the article from Scott McCullum, Nexseer’s CEO.
2Q18 MM LOAN DATA
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Where to place the worry: Rising Rates or the flattening yield curve
Interest rates are on their gradual ascent. But is the shape of the yield curve positioned to have a stronger impact on your strategic business planning? [dt_button link=”https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/19/biggest-bond-market-risk-isnt-the-fed-versus-trump-or-rising-rates.html” target_blank=”false” button_alignment=”default” animation=”fadeIn” size=”medium” style=”default” bg_color_style=”default” bg_hover_color_style=”default” text_color_style=”default” text_hover_color_style=”default” icon=”fa fa-chevron-circle-right” icon_align=”left”]READ MORE[/dt_button] With rates on the rise and the somewhat interesting changes in the […]
Just how many middle market loans are from banks these days?
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An interesting take on new vs. used equipment and the new tax law
The new 2018 depreciation deduction incentives may have been in part to drive the sales of new commercial equipment. But now used equipment is available for some of these same benefits and the impact may be unexpected. [dt_button link=”https://www.accountingtoday.com/articles/tax-bonanza-for-old-equipment-could-hinder-trumps-growth-goal” target_blank=”false” button_alignment=”default” animation=”fadeIn” size=”medium” style=”default” bg_color_style=”default” bg_hover_color_style=”default” text_color_style=”default” text_hover_color_style=”default” icon=”fa fa-chevron-circle-right” icon_align=”left”]READ MORE [/dt_button] […]