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Take Charge of Your Capital: You May Think You Are, But This May Not Be the Case
Alex Sogno | July 28, 2020
By Alex Sogno As you’re reading this, regardless of where in the capital stack you sit, you probably have a stronger than usual desire to know exactly what’s going on with the underlying asset, the cash flow, the promised CapEx program, the debt covenant compliance, and how badly you mispriced your risk (you’re not alone). Your focus is likely on re-balancing your risk/return proposition the best you can, by either 1) increase your return or 2) decrease your risk. During these Corona days, the most likely strategy to succeed would be the latter. Or is it? Given the right agreements with the right parties, and a shared understandin...
What Key Indicators Are Hotel Management Company CROs Tracking?
March 27, 2020
By Christopher Durso When it comes to determining the full scope of the coronavirus effect, hotel management companies are monitoring specific key indicators, as the three dozen participants in HSMAI’s HMC Chief Revenue Officer Virtual Roundtable — presented online on March 25 — shared. Four indicators topped their list: 1. CASH FLOW: Renegotiating vendor agreements — “One of the things that we’re looking at doing as a sort of first line of defense to protect cash flows is, every single vendor agreement we have, we’re either renegotiating or we’re asking to suspend payment for 90 days, even if that means suspending ...