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 Oct 01, 2021
Friday Oct 01, 2021
We took the temperature of the property market in Australia PLUS diagnosed the health and childcare sectors.
We were joined by special guests: distressed property expert Luke Egan (Director at Aster Alliance) and; child and healthcare sector specialist Josh Twelftree (Director at Essentia Property).
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Friday Sep 24, 2021
Friday Sep 24, 2021
Get your boarding passes, check in and join us in the Lunch Money Business Lounge, as we take a look at Australia's travel industry from an insiders perspective.
We are asking the industry hit hardest by the pandemic, what are their plans to get us back in the air - face to face with business colleagues in Australia and around the world? What government and banking measures are working, and how can they work better? What are the trends in the US and Europe that we might see in Australia?
We were joined by a first class panel of travel industry thought leaders: Tom Manwaring (Chairman at AFTA), Julie Reid (Director Australia, New Zealand and Tahiti Sales at United Airlines), Barbara Whitten (Managing Director at Anywhere Travel) and Warren Lio (Strategic Account Manager at Serko).
Lunch Money is YOUR social media home for work-outs, capital raising and special situations professionals!
Friday Sep 17, 2021
Friday Sep 17, 2021
The Stockdale Paradox, a learning from the Vietnam War, beckons the question – who survives and who succumbs? The answer lies in the harsh realities that blind faith often dismisses.
To talk more on this, we were joined by Mike House, who applied these learnings to leaders and business owners looking to navigate a 21st Century Pandemic in Australia.
Mike is a trusted 20 year veteran of survival instruction and change management. He is a speaker, facilitator and mentor who is also author of the book “(Un)shakeable – More than resilience”.
Lunch Money is YOUR social media home for work-outs, capital raising and special situations professionals!
Friday Sep 10, 2021
Friday Sep 10, 2021
An impromptu change of topic and guests has given way for an erudite discussion into the corporate restructuring industry with familiar faces.
We were joined by Daren Anderson (Managing Director at ERA Legal) and Sule Arnautovic (Partner at Hall Chadwick) who have guided us through changes in the industry and what to look out for.
Lunch Money is THE social media home for special situations, work-outs, and capital raising professionals!
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!