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 25, 2020
Friday Sep 25, 2020
Family businesses are often riven with entitlement and rivalries at the best of times – how are they coping under the extraordinary health and economic pressures brought by 2020? Is the family a burden in these trying times, or bulwark against forces that may otherwise bring the business asunder?
How are family businesses dealing with challenges the Covid-19 economy has brought to intergenerational wealth and succession planning? This week, guests Sally Nicholes (Nicholes Family Lawyers) and Mark Robinson (de Vries Tayeh) share their insights.
Don't forget to check out Sally's insightful podcast at: https://www.nicholeslaw.com.au/podcasts/
Friday Sep 18, 2020
Friday Sep 18, 2020
How are companies navigating the challenges of capital raising to get them through special situations in this Covid-19 recession? What role are asset based lenders playing in making capital available? Uncertainty, debt moratoriums and government financial support packages abound, making the money business challenging on both sides of the desk.
This week, guest panelists Stephen Mitchell (CEO of Resicom Group & Oak Capital) and Lina Kolomoitseva (Investment Manager at Litigation Capital Management) gives us front-line perspectives.
Friday Sep 11, 2020
Friday Sep 11, 2020
Payment shenanigans, phoenix activity and insolvency: sub-contractors in construction and civil engineering have always been particularly vulnerable to all three. What are the special problems they are facing today given the nations lockdowns, closed borders, insolvent trading moratorium and tightened credit conditions? This week on Lunch Money we focus on the construction industry with special guests Anthony Igra (Founder & Director at Contractors Debt Recovery) and Michael Caspaney (Principal at Menzies Advisory).
Friday Sep 04, 2020
Friday Sep 04, 2020
A surge of corporate collapses is anticipated in Australia when government assistance and debt moratoriums end. So, the government is revisiting the rules of the game – and features of the US-style Chapter 11 are said to be on the table.
Considering, shouldn’t we also be looking at the way “pre-packs” are done in the UK? Or is our current system of Voluntary Administration and Safe Harbour working just fine?
This week we are joined by Carl Gunther (President of TMA Australia) and Paul Apathy (Partner at Herbert Smith Freehills), to share their thoughts on the topic.
Friday Aug 28, 2020
Friday Aug 28, 2020
What does it take to be a successful Australian manufacturer in 2020?
This Friday we put the question to Todd Alder, CEO of Orbital UAV (ASX: OEC) – the Australian world-leading designer and manufacturer of engines for tactical drones. Todd was joined by Jason Skinner, Managing Director of corporate advisors JP Equity. Jason has been acting as lead manager and corporate advisor on several interesting capital-raising and IPOs in the tech and mining space this year.
2020 has alerted Australians to two strategic challenges – a depleted manufacturing sector, and growing challenges for our regional defence as relations between our biggest trading partners become fractious.
Friday Aug 21, 2020
Friday Aug 21, 2020
How do you build a team in the face of adversity - deciding who stays, who gets sidelined and how to find and make the right draft picks? Join host Nick Samios and special guests Deanne Tindale (CEO, DreamVast Executive Search) and Bryan Hughes (Executive Chairman, Pitcher Partners) as they discuss managing executive talent in special situations companies.
Friday Aug 14, 2020
Friday Aug 14, 2020
How do we build trust and “make it rain” when the stakes are high, but face-to-face meetings are not an option? Join host Nick Samios along with special guests David Kenney (Partner, Hall Chadwick) and Adam Benson (Managing Director, Recognition PR) as they discuss how to create, deliver and communicate value in professional services in the Covid era.
Friday Aug 07, 2020
Friday Aug 07, 2020
This week, on Lunch Money host Nick Samios is joined by BDO Partner Nicholas Martin, along with Managing Partner at William James Law, Brendan Wyhoon. Special guests discuss surviving lockdown 2.0, powering recovery and the mountain of deferred loans continue.
Friday Jul 31, 2020
Friday Jul 31, 2020
It’s time for some Covid-19 “half-time analysis”. Has the collective response of our governments and the banks to Covid got the structure right – or have they dropped the ball? Should the government intervene in business more, or should they just put the whistle away and let business be business? This week, host Nick Samios is joined by David Gandolfo (CEO, CAFBA) and Scott Langdon (Partner, KordaMentha) to discuss what has happened so far and what needs to be addressed in the "second-half".
Friday Jul 24, 2020
Friday Jul 24, 2020
Business restructures and turnarounds require the corporate advisor to lead disparate groups of stakeholders with competing interests to the singular objective of saving the business – in these times of unprecedented levels of uncertainty. Senior management, staff, bankers, suppliers, regulators and more all need to “buy-in” for the turnaround project to succeed. Lunch Money this week explores unique leadership challenges with insights from host Nick Samios & special guest panellists Daniel Woodhouse (Managing Director, FTI Consulting) and Bernard Desmidt (leadership development facilitator & author).