Finance & Markets: The Week in Review
On the financial sector radar this week: Axial CEO Peter Lehrman predicts that financial firms will show more activity in 2016. Meanwhile, Airbus partners with Uber to provide on-demand helicopter service.
Insights
- Investors should watch these potential trends in 2016.
- Health care data providers are becoming attractive targets due to the Affordable Health Care Act.
- Banks are curbing lending for leveraged buyouts after junk debt markets tank.
- Sponsor-backed IPOs suffer in “bruising” stock market sell-off.
- Investors look elsewhere amid declining dividend recaps.
- Political candidates say they support cutting favorable tax treatment of carried interest.
Transactions
- Univision invests in satire by buying a stake in The Onion.
- Uber receives $2 billion in investments from China.
- Computer and printer manufacturer Lexmark is among the 6 top companies looking for a buyer.
- Ardrian European Infrastructure Fund eyes infrastructure investments in the U.S.
- Tennenbaum Capital Partners earmarks $730 million for a special situations fund.
- Los Angeles Fire and Police Pensions commits $55 million across three private equity funds.
This Day In History (Jan. 21): 1948: The collapse of the anti-Communist government in China paves the way for Communist forces to take over, sending shockwaves through worldwide markets. The Chinese demand for American goods is diminished for several years.
Nate Nead is a licensed investment banker and Principal at Deal Capital Partners, LLC, a middle-marketing M&A and capital advisory firm. Nate works with corporate clients looking to acquire, sell, divest or raise growth capital from qualified buyers and institutional investors. He holds Series 79, 82 & 63 FINRA licenses and has facilitated numerous successful engagements across various verticals. Four Points Capital Partners, LLC a member of FINRA and SIPC. Nate resides in Seattle, Washington. Check the background of this Broker-Dealer and its registered investment professionals on FINRA's BrokerCheck.
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Nate Nead is a licensed investment banker and Principal at Deal Capital Partners, LLC, a middle-marketing M&A and capital advisory firm. Nate works with corporate clients looking to acquire, sell, divest or raise growth capital from qualified buyers and institutional investors. He holds Series 79, 82 & 63 FINRA licenses and has facilitated numerous successful engagements across various verticals. Four Points Capital Partners, LLC a member of FINRA and SIPC. Nate resides in Seattle, Washington. Check the background of this investment professional on FINRA's BrokerCheck.