Current Financial Market Turmoil: The Potential Impact on Deals & Lending
Bad news in the financial markets started the week off. Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. is filing for bankruptcy protection after the Fed would not financially guarantee a buyout of the 158-year-old firm, and Merrill Lynch was sold to the Bank of America. AIG, the global insurance giant, is in big trouble. Stocks tumbled on Monday. The market was flat today until an announcement by the Fed that it would leave interest rates unchanged. That prompted, according to the Wall Street Journal, booing on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.”
So what does the latest not-so-great news from Wall Street mean for deal-making and business lending? I spoke to industry veteran Jon Skelly of PCE Investment Bankers today to gain some perspective on current conditions. Skelly works with …
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