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Baird Limited and Baird Capital Partners Europe Limited have approved this information for<br /> distribution in the UK and<a title="Corporate Financier DEC 14/ JAN 15 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/76eedaa9?page=1"> ISSUE 168 DECEMBER 2014/ JANUARY 2015 ICAEW.COM/C</a> <a title="Corporate Financier DEC 14/ JAN 15 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/76eedaa9?page=2"> “I didn't realise Baird has raised and managed </a> <a title="Corporate Financier DEC 14/ JAN 15 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/76eedaa9?page=3"> @ICAEW_CORP_FIN Contents </a> <a title="Corporate Financier DEC 14/ JAN 15 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/76eedaa9?page=4"> WELCOME Information is power In 2004, Mar</a> <a title="Corporate Financier DEC 14/ JAN 15 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/76eedaa9?page=5"> NEWS & EVENTS Faculty news Above and rig</a> <a title="Corporate Financier DEC 14/ JAN 15 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/76eedaa9?page=6"> NEWS & EVENTS RBS INVOICE FINANCE AND </a> <a title="Corporate Financier DEC 14/ JAN 15 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/76eedaa9?page=7"> BRIEFING In numbers Financing challenges to </a> <a title="Corporate Financier DEC 14/ JAN 15 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/76eedaa9?page=8"> SAME TEAM. 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LARGER DEAL SIZE. </a> <a title="Corporate Financier DEC 14/ JAN 15 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/76eedaa9?page=9"> MOULTON STEEL War and peace Conciseness and </a> <a title="Corporate Financier DEC 14/ JAN 15 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/76eedaa9?page=10"> ADVANCE YOUR CAREER WITH THE DIPLOMA IN CORPORATE</a> <a title="Corporate Financier DEC 14/ JAN 15 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/76eedaa9?page=11"> FACULTY LAUNCH EVENT This month sees the lau</a> <a title="Corporate Financier DEC 14/ JAN 15 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/76eedaa9?page=12"> JG: “When we wrote the first edition in 2007, the</a> <a title="Corporate Financier DEC 14/ JAN 15 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/76eedaa9?page=13"> FACULTY LAUNCH EVENT MYTH BUSTING The diges</a> <a title="Corporate Financier DEC 14/ JAN 15 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/76eedaa9?page=14"> IT'S GOODTO TALK European venture capital</a> <a title="Corporate Financier DEC 14/ JAN 15 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/76eedaa9?page=15"> PROFILE DÖRTE HÖPPNER THE CV 2011-present</a> <a title="Corporate Financier DEC 14/ JAN 15 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/76eedaa9?page=16"> PROFILE </a> <a title="Corporate Financier DEC 14/ JAN 15 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/76eedaa9?page=17"> Route to growth The Corporate Finance Faculty w</a> <a title="Corporate Financier DEC 14/ JAN 15 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/76eedaa9?page=18"> A DECADE OF CORPORATE FINANCE It is 10 year</a> <a title="Corporate Financier DEC 14/ JAN 15 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/76eedaa9?page=19"> COVER STORY APRIL 2006 As hostile public </a> <a title="Corporate Financier DEC 14/ JAN 15 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/76eedaa9?page=20"> A DECADE OF CORPORATE FINANCE FEBRUARY 2008 </a> <a title="Corporate Financier DEC 14/ JAN 15 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/76eedaa9?page=21"> COVER STORY JUNE 2010 Allocations to infras</a> <a title="Corporate Financier DEC 14/ JAN 15 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/76eedaa9?page=22"> A DECADE OF CORPORATE FINANCE VICTORIA SC</a> <a title="Corporate Financier DEC 14/ JAN 15 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/76eedaa9?page=23"> COVER STORY DAVID PETRIE HEAD OF CORPORATE</a> <a title="Corporate Financier DEC 14/ JAN 15 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/76eedaa9?page=24"> Pole position This year marked the 25th annivers</a> <a title="Corporate Financier DEC 14/ JAN 15 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/76eedaa9?page=25"> ROADSHOW </a> <a title="Corporate Financier DEC 14/ JAN 15 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/76eedaa9?page=26"> ROADSHOW market where assets are being trade</a> <a title="Corporate Financier DEC 14/ JAN 15 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/76eedaa9?page=27"> The business finance guide A JOURNEY FROM START-</a> <a title="Corporate Financier DEC 14/ JAN 15 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/76eedaa9?page=28"> COMMENT arrangement with minimum income requi</a> <a title="Corporate Financier DEC 14/ JAN 15 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/76eedaa9?page=29"> TRENDWATCH With regulators softening </a> <a title="Corporate Financier DEC 14/ JAN 15 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/76eedaa9?page=30"> lucrative football matches – the UEFA Champions a</a> <a title="Corporate Financier DEC 14/ JAN 15 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/76eedaa9?page=31"> TRENDWATCH TOP 10 DEALS OF 2014 1 </a> <a title="Corporate Financier DEC 14/ JAN 15 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/76eedaa9?page=32"> Appointments CAVENDISH HIRES AND PROMOTES Any</a> <a title="Corporate Financier DEC 14/ JAN 15 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/76eedaa9?page=33"> COMPANY NEWS NICHOLLS JOINS DELOITTE </a> <a title="Corporate Financier DEC 14/ JAN 15 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/76eedaa9?page=34"> ON MY CV French lessons Taki</a> <a title="Corporate Financier DEC 14/ JAN 15 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/76eedaa9?page=35"> A WAY OF LIFE Auto Vivendi is a private me</a> <a title="Corporate Financier DEC 14/ JAN 15 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/76eedaa9?page=36"> REMARKABLE Last year our funding of £10m+ tra</a>