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Debt vs. Equity: The Shifting Moods of Business Finance

Geoff Riley

13th June 2017

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Debt finance is increasingly attractive to many companies not least because of tax advantages and historically low interest rates. Fewer companies are going public to raise capital - a problem for investors. But is this focus on debt finance coming to an end? Brooke Masters, Companies Editor of the Financial Times explains why authorities are looking to curb the seemingly insatiable appetite for debt financing.

Debt vs. Equity: The Shifting Moods of Business Finance
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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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