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Asset-Based Finance

What Does Asset-Based Finance Mean?


A specialized method of providing structured working capital and term loans that are secured by accounts
receivable, inventory, machinery, equipment and/or real estate. This type of funding is great for startup companies,
refinancing existing loans, financing growth, mergers and acquisitions, and management buy-outs (MBOs) and buy-
ins (MBIs).  

Investopedia explains Asset-Based Finance


An example of asset-based finance would be purchase order financing; this may be attractive to a company that
has stretched its credit limits with vendors and has reached its lending capacity at the bank. The inability to finance
raw materials to fill all orders would leave a company operating under capacity. The asset-based lender finances
the purchase of the raw material, and the purchase orders are then assigned to the lender. After the orders are
filled, payment is made to the lender, and the lender then deducts its cost and fees and remits the balance to the
company. The disadvantage of this type of financing, however, is the high interest typically charged - which can be
as high as prime plus 10%

Management Buyout - MBO


What Does Management Buyout - MBO Mean?
When the managers and/or executives of a company purchase controlling interest in a company from existing
shareholders.

Investopedia explains Management Buyout - MBO


In most cases, the management will buy out all the outstanding shareholders and then take the company private
because it feels it has the expertise to grow the business better if it controls the ownership. Quite often,
management will team up with a venture capitalist to acquire the business because it's a complicated process that
requires significant capital

What Does Management Buy-In - MBI Mean?


A corporate action in which an outside manager or management team purchases an ownership stake in the first
company and replaces the existing management team. This type of action can occur due to a company
appearing undervalued or having a poor management team.

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