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COVID-19 and Alternative Financing for Public Companies
The Hedge Fund Journal
May 2020
Stressed capital markets are spurring many companies to seek alternative sources of financing, including PIPEs and related products. Many companies may find it more difficult, inflexible, time consuming or even impossible to issue bonds or raise equity in a conventional manner. In this article, partner Ele Klein discusses the alternative types of funding available to public companies and what the PIPEs industry may see as a result of COVID-19.
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