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August 25, 2020
Biotech companies have taken center stage during the pandemic of 2020. Between the many vaccine initiatives and even more numerous investments in testing and new Covid-19 therapies, money is flooding into the sector at a record rate. Biotechs raised more than $6 billion in initial public offerings in just the
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July 3, 2020
States across the U.S. set multiple single day records for new COVID-19 cases this past week. On June 27th, Florida reported 9,500 new cases, breaking its own record for daily new cases, which it set just a day earlier. Driven primarily by Southern and Southwestern states, the surge has forced
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June 18, 2020
The global tech supply chain is about to be turned upside down. Tensions between the U.S. and China, heightened in a two-year-long trade war, were already instigating conversations regarding relocating and reconstructing the supply chain. Now that the coronavirus has further exposed the limited geographic diversity and concentration levels in
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June 11, 2020
Watch the webcast: Click the above video webcast by Capital Advisors Group EVP Stefan Spazek. Some managers of emerging growth companies who took out loans prior to the pandemic may now be confronting the prospect of violating covenants written into their debt agreements. Debt covenants are financial and/or performance-based requirements
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June 3, 2020
Funding markets are back from the dead. A little over two months ago, liquidity in short-term markets all but dissipated amidst a broader market panic in reaction to COVID-19. But fast action by the Fed prevented what might have turned into a full-blown liquidity freeze reminiscent of the one that
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May 14, 2020
Trillions of dollars of support from the Fed have helped keep financial markets open. Trillions more from Congress are supporting consumers. But what will the next phase of the COVID-19 crisis bring? And what does it mean for institutional cash managers? You can find many of the answers in our
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May 7, 2020
The oil and gas industry is being hit hard from all sides, with a historic glut and a collapse in demand for oil occurring simultaneously. Given the current situation, drastic production cuts across the world will be necessary to support the oil market and limit its inevitable ripple effects on
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March 20, 2020
At Capital Advisors Group, we have advised hundreds of early-stage companies on billions of dollars of debt transactions over the past 17 years. We’ve learned that every deal is different, and every company’s capital structure is unique. But one thing never seems to change: even the best-laid plans can go
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February 13, 2020
The World Health Organization has finally given the coronavirus outbreak in China an official name: COVID-19, for “Coronavirus Disease 2019.” Unfortunately, that’s one of the only things we know for sure about the new disease, even as the outbreak extends well into its third month. Consider everything we don’t yet
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February 10, 2020
The coronavirus has been the major event in the global economy so far this year. With more than 40,000 confirmed cases globally as of 2/10/2020, it has already surpassed prior flu pandemics. It has resulted in the effective quarantining of the city of Hubei, along with severe travel restrictions in
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