High yield bonds (also known as junk bonds) burst into fashion in the 1980s, with Drexel Burnham Lambert and Michael Milken being the earliest pioneers.A high yield bond usually has a very high intere...
An Initial Public Offering or IPO is the very first sale of stock to the public by a private company. This is also known as 'going public'. There are two kinds of companies who will undertake an IPO:S...
Apple Inc has made news by backing a music startup launched by one of its former executives, Larry Jackson. The startup, called Gamma, aims to provide an alternative to traditional record labels and s...
The past week has been a challenging one for the US technology and startup community, with both Silvergate Bank and Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) being shut down within a few days of each other. However, ...
Leveraged Finance (also known as LevFin and LF) is an area within the investment banking division of a bank that is responsible for providing advice and loans to private equity firms and cor...
Liquidity is a term which refers to the ease and speed with which an asset can be converted into cash. A liquid asset will be exchangeable for cash very quickly with no loss in value, whilst an illiqu...
A macro environment is the global or national economy as a whole, rather than industry specific. This focuses on global financial, political and other assorted events. Many hedge funds, traders or ass...
What caused SVB to collapse?The exact reasons for SVB's collapse are not yet clear as there have been many different speculations, but it has been reported that SVB had a significant portion of its po...
Who is an entrepreneur?Entrepreneurship is creating, developing, and managing a new business venture to achieve profit or social impact. Entrepreneur takes on the risks and challenges of starting a n...
The "digital divide" refers to the disparity between people who have access to digital technology, such as computers and the internet, and those who do not. Many variables, such as location, social le...