Detailed, actionable guidance for expanding your revenue in the face of a new virtual market Written by industry authority Charles H. Green, Banker's Guide to New Small Business Finance explains how a financial bust from one perfect storm-the real estate bubble and the liquidity collapse in...

Sponsored loans are issued with the assistance of private equity firms, which negotiate terms on behalf of the borrower. We analyze the impact of engaging private equity sponsors on the cost of syndicated loans and the value added by loan sponsors. We find that sponsorship is associated with...

Using a sample of syndicated loans to private equity (PE)-backed IPO companies, we examine how a third-party bank relationship influences the syndicate structure of a loan. We find that a stronger relationship between the lead bank and the borrower's PE firm enables the lead bank to retain a...

The COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent worldwide economic slowdown have exposed the fragility of the financial sector, among others. This article argues that the seeds of this fragility, while being exposed by the pandemic, were sown earlier, in the post-2008 years, through the revived synergy...