Category: Investments

After reading the case study, prepare two-page analysis that addresses the foll

After reading the case study, prepare two-page analysis that addresses the following questions:
What are the recent trends in the hedge fund and private equity industry? Can you identify a growing overlap between the two?
What are the issues surrounding a purchase by a financial or strategic buyer? What are their respective strengths and weaknesses?
Provide the historical background of the problems Kmart is facing and the characteristics of the distressed debt market. Identify the factors influencing an investment in a distressed company.
Compare Kmart’s financials before and after bankruptcy.
What are the causal events facilitating the acquisition of Sears? Could Sears have succeeded as a standalone retailer?
Evaluate Lampert’s strategy and the benefits for Sears’s shareholders.
Was ESL’s decision to take over Kmart and merge it with Sears the best option for the bankrupt retailer?
PLEASE FOLLOW THE RUBRIC AFTER READING CASESTUDY

After watching the ‘Clifford Chance: The EMI Deal’ video and researching relevan

After watching the ‘Clifford Chance: The EMI Deal’ video and researching relevant information on the EMI LBO, prepare a one-page analysis that addresses the following questions:
What is the background of Terra Firma? What are they good at? What have been their successful investments to date (pre-EMI acquisition)?
How does EMI make money? What is the business model?
What is the investment thesis of Terra Firma in EMI? What is the financing structure of the EMI LBO?
What went wrong? Analyse the impact of the different factors.
What actions did Terra Firma undertake to improve the situation? What were the results?
What has been the impact of the EMI investment on Terra Firma?
Would you have invested (without the hindsight of the crisis) here?
kindly find the link :
Clifford Chance: The EMI Deal (youtube.com)

also please follow the rubric attached