A weekly look at current Australian business finance issues and events, as seen through the eyes of corporate and commercial “special situations”, “workout” and industry experts.
Nick Samios hosts a panel comprising Australia’s leading restructuring, capital raising and industry sector specialists for views and analysis from these practitioners who have “skin in the game” – either as hard currency or through their PI policies!
Fund Manager Nick Samios is the Managing Director of Hermes Capital, a wholesale fund specialising in event-driven funding.
This podcast was formerly Lunch Money, rebranded as Hermes Ledger.
Episodes
Friday Sep 03, 2021
Friday Sep 03, 2021
Stephen Moulton joins Lunch Money with fresh hands-on experience with the IPO of Silk Logistics Holdings Ltd (ASX:SLH). Stephen and the firm he chairs, DanaherMoulton, is also busy on both the buy and sell sides in an M&A market that is breaking records globally in 2021.
Stephen is the Corporate Advisory and Mergers & Acquisitions partner at his firm and will share insights from his recent deals, built on 30 years specialising in the legal profession.
Lunch Money is THE social media home for special situations, work-outs and capital raising professionals!
Friday Aug 27, 2021
Friday Aug 27, 2021
What inspires a legal or accounting firm partner to pack-up their briefcase and hang out their own shingle – particularly in overwhelming times like these?
To answer that question, Lunch Money was joined by Tean Kerr (Corporate Restructuring and Commercial Litigation Partner) and Simon Cathro (Managing Partner at Cathro & Partners).
With a breadth of experience at big name companies under their belt, Tean and Simon talked us through the beginnings of their new story in breaking away to start their own firms.
Lunch Money is THE social media home for special situations, work-outs and capital raising professionals!
Friday Aug 20, 2021
Friday Aug 20, 2021
In a world where "post-uncertainty" and predictability remain fictional concepts, it is important, now more than ever, for teams to embrace not knowing what's around the corner.
To talk us through how you and your team can embrace uncertainty, whilst not compromising cohesion to ensure winning efforts are maintained, we were joined by Bernard Desmidt.
Bernard is an accomplished coach, facilitator, trainer, speaker and author who will share how he has been helping executives and business leaders manage uncertainty to become high performing, smart teams.
Lunch Money is THE social media home for special situations, work-outs and capital raising professionals!
Friday Aug 13, 2021
Friday Aug 13, 2021
Corporate and personal insolvency, secured creditor enforcement and commercial litigation state by state: Four insolvency partners from law firm Hall & Wilcox joined us with insights and perspectives based on types of work currently crossing their desks.
Scott Butler (Brisbane), Mark Petrucco (Sydney), David Dickens (Melbourne) and Hector West (Perth) check in to share their local intel and unique capital city perspectives.
Lunch Money is THE social media home for special situations, work-outs and capital raising professionals!
Friday Aug 06, 2021
Friday Aug 06, 2021
The financial forecast - done honestly - reflects, in many ways, what a business is good at, what it can do better, and how well it understands the challenges and opportunities its market presents.
To coach us through these challenges, we are joined by Michael Ford, CEO at Castaway Forecasting. Michael shared his insights not only as a master of forecasting, but as an entrepreneur who has taken his own business on a journey from start-up to international expansion.
Lunch Money is THE social media home for special situations, work-outs and capital raising professionals!
Friday Jul 30, 2021
Friday Jul 30, 2021
Construction industry subbies around Australia are finding their job pipelines and margins under increasing pressure. In addition to the triple whammy of tighter lending, defect fiascos, and now Covid, in some lockdowns, they can't even get on site!
What do subbies need to do to stay out of the red and to keep their cash flowing in these times?
To walk us through the answers is Anthony Igra, Founder and Director of Contractors Debt Recovery and host of the brand new podcast “Subbies Under Fire”.
Lunch Money is THE social media home for special situations, work-outs and capital raising professionals!
Friday Jul 23, 2021
Friday Jul 23, 2021
It's one thing to know what the objectives of a capital raise are, and how they fit in with the goals of the business. But, knowing where you are starting from in the midst of a storm is something else.
This episode on Lunch Money our guest is Andrew Way, Director at Semper. We combined data analysis with a little educated soothsaying to help special situations, work-outs and capital raising professionals find their bearings!
Lunch Money is THE social media home for special situations, work-outs and capital raising professionals!
Friday Jul 16, 2021
Friday Jul 16, 2021
Fraud has recently hit headlines again causing quite a stir, with sums reaching the hundreds of millions.
Our guest this week is Wayne Gilbert, Principal at PKF Integrity Services, who is an expert in workplace investigation, fraud and corruption prevention and whistleblower hotlines. We will be talking about the folly of substituting the controls and safeguards that keep your money secure for the sentiment of “trust”.
Catch us this Friday to hear us discuss topics from whistleblower hot-lines, Ponzi schemes, to trusted insider fraud and more.
Lunch Money is THE social media home for special situations, work-outs and capital raising professionals!
Friday Jul 09, 2021
Friday Jul 09, 2021
SMEs Australia-wide have borne the brunt of the pandemic response – from lockdowns to border closures and other new red tape and restrictions. As the smoke starts to clear from the battlefield – what do SME owners need to focus on to restore their plans for creating wealth for their families?
Our guest this week is Angela Vithoulkas - business investor and Small Business Champion!
Angela is an Independent Councilor for the City of Sydney, Spokesperson for the SME Association of Australia and Founder/Host at SME TV and Podcasts.
Lunch Money is THE social media home for special situations, work-outs and capital raising professionals!
Friday Jul 02, 2021
Friday Jul 02, 2021
How can a business owner navigate the challenges of business growth and make life changing discoveries of their own hidden talents along the way?
This week our guest is Peter Ellis, business transformation researcher and Principal Consultant at Your Silent Partner: https://ysp.com.au/
Join us as Peter discusses new ways for business owners to navigate step changes in business size and the challenges at the personal and operational level they face along the way.
Lunch Money is THE social media home for special situations, work-outs and capital raising professionals!