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Week in Review: Loans, Breakdancing, and Energy

According to Thompson Reuters, the U.S. leveraged loan market is set for a $1 trillion year in 2014. Last year saw a record $1.14 trillion issued with investors “starving for yield and aiming to hedge against an eventual rise in short-term interest rates.” Most of the loans were used for refinancing or repricing last year — but what about in 2014?

In addition to loans, 2013 was a good year for fundraising. Private equity firms raised an aggreage of $169 billion — the most since 2008. However, over half went to firms with at least $4.5 billion in assets.

In other news, did you know Steven Graham of Graham Partners can breakdance? Watch him airswipe.

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Marcum Cronus Partners is pleased to announce the expansion of its presence in the environmental sector with the hiring of John J. Quirk, as a Managing Director specializing in water, waste and alternative energy. Mr. Quirk was previously a member of the Marcum Cronus Board of Advisors and a Director of Corporate Development for Donjon Marine Co., Inc. He has over twenty years’ experience in the environmental industry, including both investment banking and private equity. Mr. Quirk headed a firm’s environmental practice focused principally on companies in solid waste, hazardous waste, waste transportation, recycling, alternative energy, air and water and was a co-founder of a firm specializing in the environmental sector.

Marcum Cronus Partners is an investment banking firm that provides financial advisory and investment banking services to clients that engage in middle-market transactions domestically or internationally. A member of the Marcum Group, the firm is an affiliate of Marcum LLP, one of the largest independent public accounting and advisory services firms in the U.S.

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