Perspectives

How capital actually reads a business

Interviews, opinions and write-ups on the way investors, banks and committees form a view. Nothing is for sale on these pages.

A boardroom table, graded toward navy

Interview

How a credit committee actually reads you

A veteran corporate banker on the afternoon your file gets, and why the memo is half written before you walk in.

Working papers under review, graded toward navy

Interview

Audited is not the same as clean

A practice auditor on one-offs, owner add-backs, and the profit an investor will actually underwrite.

A facade of identical windows, graded toward navy

Essay

The Last Expensive Thing

Single-domain genius is being commoditised. What stays expensive is the combining of fields.

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