Financing Strategies

The S&P restaurants index has pushed lower in recent trading, in line with our bearish view we set out previously, bowever, we believe the index could be coming up against a massive... 2012-05-21

CFW View: A new US$468mn investment by RJJ Capital and Temasek Holding in Cheniere Energy will be used to fund the Sabine Pass LNG export terminal project - suggesting that a final... 2012-05-08

US midstream giant Energy Transfer Partners (ETP) is set to buy retailer, refiner and pipeline operator Sunoco for US$50.13 a share, or US$5.3bn. The deal is further evidence that... 2012-05-02

CFW View: Delta Air Lines' acquisition of the 185,000b/d Trainer refinery and talks initiated by Carlyle Group to acquire the 335,000b/d Philadelphia refinery spur hope that the ailing... 2012-05-01

When the going is good, why wait? Guidewire Software has been one of the IPO success stories of the 2012 y-t-d, and in an attempt to consolidate its gains the company decided to waive... 2012-04-25

The world's largest brewer, Anheuser-Busch InBev (ABI), has announced that is has purchased a majority stake in Dominican Republic based Cerveceria Nacional Domicana - a move which... 2012-04-17

US lenders appear increasingly unwilling to make leveraged buyout (LBo) financing commitments at present. What is more, the worst could be yet to come as Federal banking regulators... 2012-04-17

How many bookrunners does it take to complete a follow-on offering in the oil & gas sector? As many as ten.

CFW View: Our muted optimism for Bechtel to improve its performance over 2011 has proven well placed following the release of impressive results for the year. Whilst revenues have returned... 2012-04-12

Canadian borrowers are busy tapping the leveraged loan market. In the 2012 y-t-d, Canadian borrowers have inked a record US$15.2bn in leveraged loans, up by 39% y-o-y from the previous... 2012-04-11