The trend of direct lenders providing preferred equity financing to support sponsors and operating companies has only accelerated in the two years since we first wrote on the topic (available here).

Preferred equity investing is on the rise amid a search for yield and a fall in the number of high-quality assets coming to market. Here we explore the growing appeal of preferred equity instruments, ...

The Tax Court ruled that PepsiCo’s Netherlands subsidiary’s “advance agreements” (AAs) with certain other PepsiCo subsidiaries, newly formed as part of an effort to retain its tax position, were ...

Organizations seeking funding have much to think about, and the long-term accounting considerations related to the debt and equity instruments they issue are not likely at the top of that list.

The investment seeks capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions, the fund pursues its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its net assets (including borrowings for investment ...

As part of their capital structure, companies may use both debt and equity financing to fund the purchase of a business or assets or for ongoing operations. Properly accounting for these types of ...