
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. Lunch Money is streamed live on YouTube at lunch time every Friday and uploaded shortly thereafter as an audio podcast.
Episodes

Friday Mar 05, 2021
A seller's market?
Friday Mar 05, 2021
Friday Mar 05, 2021
This week, we take a look at the SME and lower-middle market M & A activity, with Andrew Cassin (Partner at Succession Plus) and Matt Adams (Managing Director at Dynamic Corporate Investments). Lunch Money is THE social media home for special situations, work-outs and capital raising professionals!

Friday Feb 26, 2021
Small Business 2021: What’s going well, and what could go better?
Friday Feb 26, 2021
Friday Feb 26, 2021

Friday Feb 19, 2021
The First 100 Days of the Turnaround CEO
Friday Feb 19, 2021
Friday Feb 19, 2021
What do you need to prioritise when you are engaged as a turnaround chief executive?
This week, host Nick Samios was joined by Michael Milward (Managing Director at Lyreco UK and Ireland) and Neil Cussen (Partner at Cor Cordis) to discuss. PLUS a look at the latest corporate restructuring and capital raising headlines.

Friday Feb 12, 2021
Insolvency from a macro point-of-view
Friday Feb 12, 2021
Friday Feb 12, 2021
Never mind the death of insolvencies over the past 12 months – insolvencies have collapsed in Australia over the past 5 YEARS, in line with global trends. To discuss, host Nick Samios is joined by Warren Hogan (Principal at EQ Economics, Economic Advisor at Judo Bank).

Friday Feb 05, 2021
Right-sizing business assets in a transition
Friday Feb 05, 2021
Friday Feb 05, 2021
This week's focus is on "right-sizing business assets in a transition". Host Nick Samios is joined by Ian Hyman OAM (CEO at Hyman's Valuers & Auctioneers) and Marcus Derwin (Managing Director at R Cubed Group) to discuss; along with insights into the latest special situations and corporate restructuring headlines.

Friday Jan 29, 2021
What to do when your largest customer customer enters insolvency?
Friday Jan 29, 2021
Friday Jan 29, 2021
Imagine that you are a business owner who has woken up to find that their largest client has appointed administrators - what now? Plus, a look at the latest corporate restructuring and capital raising headlines.
Join host Nick Samios and special guests Sule Arnautovic (Partner at Hall Chadwick) and Aaron McDonald (Managing Director at Pragma Lawyers) as they discuss on this week's Lunch Money.

Friday Dec 04, 2020
What's noise and what matters?
Friday Dec 04, 2020
Friday Dec 04, 2020
Restructuring in 2021: what’s just noise, and what demands our attention?
This week, host Nick Samios is joined by Stephen Hathway (Director at Helm Advisory, President of the AIIP) and Daren Anderson (Managing Director at ERA Legal) as they share engaging insights for "cutting through the noise" in 2021.

Friday Nov 27, 2020
When M & A and corporate restructuring collide
Friday Nov 27, 2020
Friday Nov 27, 2020
Two narratives dominate the corporate landscape heading into 2021: the “insolvency cliff”, and “money on the sidelines”. Corporate distress will be up – it's just a question of by how much.
And with official interest rates approaching zero, funds bursting with cash are yield hungry and looking for opportunities – what happens when these two narratives intersect?
Joining us this week to discuss are Richard Hughes (Partner at Deloitte) and Tean Kerr (Partner at Lander & Rogers).

Friday Nov 20, 2020
Asking: What's Risky?
Friday Nov 20, 2020
Friday Nov 20, 2020
Looking into the crystal ball of insurance markets – what’s on the cards for the near future? When insurers pull cover on risk categories or industry segments, we should ask: what do they know that we don’t? Plus, a look at the current wine industry. It is a manufacturing, exporting, agricultural and marketing business all rolled into one – what successful strategies are transferable to other industries? What are the developments in Australian import/export markets?
Joining us this week to discuss are Tony Sykes (Owner of General Insurance Brokers Australia, GIBA) and Peter McAtamney (Principal at Wine Business Solutions).

Friday Nov 13, 2020
Getting the right "Talent Stack" for 2021
Friday Nov 13, 2020
Friday Nov 13, 2020
What's your "talent stack" going into 2021? If you are building your professional services/ finance career - or planning on pitching to raise capital for a business deal or to land a whale - do you have the goods?
Join host Nick Samios as he puts these questions to special guests Alex Wilcox (Managing Director at Human Solutions Group) and Liam Bailey (Partner at O'Brien Palmer).