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Structuring due diligence into different phases will be useful. They might include initial due diligence, which establishes the key issues for the transaction. Incidental, trivial or standard issues can be left as they can be checked in detail later and only when the parties have committed to the transaction. This spares the costs of engaging external counsel or financial advisors for opinions and validations until it is sure that the investment in their time will be worthwhile. It is therefore useful on each occasion to decide what are likely to be the critical issues for the specific transaction and to ensure that these are dealt with early in the process. 

Mantello is the financial advisor and investment banker for the House of Savoy, the pretenders to the nonexistent throne of unified Italy and the black nobility sponsors of Mussolini. (41)... 

In this chapter we present a discussion on convertible bonds, which have become popular hybrid financial instruments. Convertible bonds are financial instmments that give the bondholders the right, without imposing an obligation, to convert the bond into underlying security, usually common stocks, under conditions illustrate in the indenture at the time of issue. The hybrid characteristic defines the traditional valuation approach as the sum of two components the option-free bond and an embedded option (call option). The option element makes the valuation not easy, above all in pricing term sheets with specific contract clauses as the inclusion of soft calls, put options and reset features. The chapter shows practical examples of valuation in which financial advisors and investment banks adopts in different contexts. 

Patrick Y. Shim, Financial Advisor CG Investment Group Wells Fargo Advisors LLC... 

Tip 6 No matter how much you know about investments, keep learning. What was a good investment last week may be a poor one today. The financial world is constantly changing. If you can t keep in touch, make sure you have advisors who do. 

As the collateral manager and the collateral advisors are financial institutions domiciled in a jurisdiction other than the jurisdiction of incorporation of the SPV, they should make sure they are passported to render investment advice in the country where the SPV is set up. 

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