NEW YORK (PRWEB) June 23, 2008
According to the piece, titled "Terms of Endearment," PIPE deals have entered the mainstream due to a slow market for secondary offerings and increasingly difficult to obtain forms of traditional financing. It observes that PIPE's offer public companies swift and discreet distribution of securities, but cautions readers that the terms of deals must be closely scrutinized. This means meticulous research on the investment firm and each investor: looking into past deals, how stocks perform post-deals, and following up on references.
"The company has to know who they're getting into bed with," says Ribotsky in "Entrepreneur." "You want someone who's going to be a financial partner as opposed to someone who's just looking for a trading play."
Actively investing in public companies for over ten years, Corey Ribotsky has structured hundreds of transactions for his investors. He regularly represents influential investors and is frequently sought after as an expert on direct investments in pubic companies for industry conferences and symposia. A recent Bloomberg radio interview with him can be accessed on Yahoo.
About N.I.R. Group
The N.I.R. Group, LLC is an alternative investment firm focusing on strategies that are structured to mitigate risk and produce returns in all market environments.
Founded in 1998, NIR initially focused its investment strategy on direct investments in small/micro-cap public companies that are emerging growth, distressed, and developmental stage businesses. NIR has emerged as one of the most active investment fund managers in this financing sector and has since expanded its investment strategies to include investments in commodities, real estate and structured finance instruments. The company looks at more than 1,500 companies seeking PIPE financing each year.