Month: February 2017

Northeast Georgia Health System, Inc. acquired Barrow Regional Medical Center and its affiliates

Transaction Announcement Ponder & Co. (“Ponder”) is pleased to announce that Northeast Georgia Health System, Inc. (“NGHS”) has acquired Barrow Regional Medical Center (“BRMC”) and its affiliates, including Barrow Medical Group, from Quorum Health Corporation (“QHC”). BRMC will become Northeast Georgia Medical Center Barrow, NGHS’ third hospital campus. This transaction preserves and improves local access … Continued

Challenges in Public and Private Variable Rate Debt

Currently, there is a dislocation between SIFMA resets and its theoretical relationship with 1 month LIBOR Pre-2008 financial crisis, SIFMA reset between 60% and 70% of 1mL The current SIFMA / 1 month LIBOR ratio is approximately 86% Impact on SIFMA market is primarily a function of the decrease in demand due to Money Market … Continued