Proprietary Finance Ventures
123 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
U.S.A.
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We work closely with you providing guidance from the initial meeting to project completion, which can be weeks to a few months time. Due diligence on the company typically includes market or commercial due diligence, financial, management, legal, technical and environmental.

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Generally speaking, bonds are senior securities. Some issues of bonds considered particularly attractive are the high yield bonds commonly referred to as "Rising Stars". High Yield bonds are securities of the middle rating by Moody's, Fitch and Standard & Poor of Ba1/BB+/BBB or lower. "Junk bonds" historically have paid 4-6% above Treasuries and are used to finance capital intensive industries such as telecom, oil and gas.
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The lowest quality debt (distressed) securities, rated CCC are bonds yielding 1000 basis points over equivalent government bonds. If you are in a situation where your debt is classified as distressed or default, contact us for capital raising helpful innovative solutions.





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