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ISSUE 167<br />
NOVEMBER 2014<br />
ICAEW.COM/CFF<br />
GROWTH | OPPORTUNITIES | EXPERTISE<br />
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<a title="Corporate Financier NOVEMBER 14 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e924972f?page=1"> ISSUE 167 NOVEMBER 2014 ICAEW.COM/CFF GROWTH | </a>
<a title="Corporate Financier NOVEMBER 14 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e924972f?page=2"> DEPENDABLE Our super experienced team have wo</a>
<a title="Corporate Financier NOVEMBER 14 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e924972f?page=3"> @ICAEW_CORP_FIN Contents Nov 2014 Issue 167 </a>
<a title="Corporate Financier NOVEMBER 14 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e924972f?page=4"> WELCOME Investing not shopping Killing tim</a>
<a title="Corporate Financier NOVEMBER 14 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e924972f?page=5"> NEWS & EVENTS Faculty news ALEX WILLIAMSON/I</a>
<a title="Corporate Financier NOVEMBER 14 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e924972f?page=6"> Route to growth The Corporate Finance Faculty w</a>
<a title="Corporate Financier NOVEMBER 14 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e924972f?page=7"> BRIEFING In numbers CFOs say it's time to ta</a>
<a title="Corporate Financier NOVEMBER 14 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e924972f?page=8"> “I didn't realise Baird has raised and managed </a>
<a title="Corporate Financier NOVEMBER 14 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e924972f?page=9"> MOULTON STEEL Accentuate the negative Sometim</a>
<a title="Corporate Financier NOVEMBER 14 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e924972f?page=10"> £2bn total value of deals for Q2 2014 </a>
<a title="Corporate Financier NOVEMBER 14 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e924972f?page=11"> FOOD SECTOR M&A </a>
<a title="Corporate Financier NOVEMBER 14 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e924972f?page=12"> TECH ME HIGHER Alibaba's eyecatching $25bn IPO in</a>
<a title="Corporate Financier NOVEMBER 14 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e924972f?page=13"> Q2 2014 REST OF THE WORLD IPOs $1.3bn Q2 </a>
<a title="Corporate Financier NOVEMBER 14 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e924972f?page=14"> Thinking inside the box Creative, entrepreneurial</a>
<a title="Corporate Financier NOVEMBER 14 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e924972f?page=15"> Innovation: The key differentiating factor betwee</a>
<a title="Corporate Financier NOVEMBER 14 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e924972f?page=16"> CROWDED HOUSE Will equity crowdfunding be</a>
<a title="Corporate Financier NOVEMBER 14 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e924972f?page=17"> COVER STORY T he term `crowdfund</a>
<a title="Corporate Financier NOVEMBER 14 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e924972f?page=18"> Lang goes on to claim crowdfunding has “democrati</a>
<a title="Corporate Financier NOVEMBER 14 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e924972f?page=19"> COVER STORY THE FIGURES GLOBALLY $11.9bn of </a>
<a title="Corporate Financier NOVEMBER 14 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e924972f?page=20"> when it comes to crowdfunding. Some may help addr</a>
<a title="Corporate Financier NOVEMBER 14 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e924972f?page=21"> COVER STORY EASY COME, EASY GO On 19 September e</a>
<a title="Corporate Financier NOVEMBER 14 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e924972f?page=22"> Instinct would suggest that the failure rate woul</a>
<a title="Corporate Financier NOVEMBER 14 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e924972f?page=23"> REGULATION GRUNDINI/IKON Shelter from the storm</a>
<a title="Corporate Financier NOVEMBER 14 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e924972f?page=24"> INTO HYPERSPACE A new report demonstrates that ma</a>
<a title="Corporate Financier NOVEMBER 14 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e924972f?page=25"> HYPERGROWTH SOURCE: HYPERGROWTH INSIGHTS STUDY </a>
<a title="Corporate Financier NOVEMBER 14 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e924972f?page=26"> ALLMAKES 4X4 Car Parts & Accessories ASSET BASED </a>
<a title="Corporate Financier NOVEMBER 14 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e924972f?page=27"> SAME TEAM. SAME CERTAINTY. LARGER DEAL SIZE. </a>
<a title="Corporate Financier NOVEMBER 14 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e924972f?page=28"> Saving for a rainy day The leading 1,000 public c</a>
<a title="Corporate Financier NOVEMBER 14 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e924972f?page=29"> CORPORATE CASH RELATIVE REVENUE GROWTH (H1 2009-</a>
<a title="Corporate Financier NOVEMBER 14 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e924972f?page=30"> Asset-based finance has made huge inroads len</a>
<a title="Corporate Financier NOVEMBER 14 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e924972f?page=31"> ASSET-BASED FINANCE CASE STUDY: ANTLER LUGGAG</a>
<a title="Corporate Financier NOVEMBER 14 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e924972f?page=32"> Appointments HAMPTON HEADS PWC REAL ESTATE Si</a>
<a title="Corporate Financier NOVEMBER 14 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e924972f?page=33"> COMPANY NEWS EY RECRUITMENT EY has re</a>
<a title="Corporate Financier NOVEMBER 14 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e924972f?page=34"> ON MY CV Flight of the Concorde Discussion w</a>
<a title="Corporate Financier NOVEMBER 14 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e924972f?page=35"> THE LINE IS ALWAYS MOVING Tolley®Library Prot</a>
<a title="Corporate Financier NOVEMBER 14 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e924972f?page=36"> SPECIALLY NEGOTIATED DISCOUNT FOR ICAEW MEMBERS </a>