http://www.marine-money.com The Ship Finance Publication Of Record Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:04:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.marine-money.com/archive/the-inevitable-%e2%80%93-taxes-and-restructuring http://www.marine-money.com/archive/the-inevitable-%e2%80%93-taxes-and-restructuring#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:23:57 +0000 carisk http://marine-money.com/?p=6072 President Obama’s Proposed International Tax Changes – Will They Truly Achieve Economic Stimulation Tamara Moravia-Israel of Ernst & Young was forthright in views of the President’s proposed changes in international tax law. It is not good for shipping. And there is a question as to whether it will in fact create jobs, stimulate the economy and increase competitiveness as is suggested. First, the “check the box” regime is proposed to be reformed in that foreign eligible entities with a single owner could be disregarded for federal US tax purposes only if: (1) they are organized in the same country in]]> http://www.marine-money.com/archive/the-inevitable-%e2%80%93-taxes-and-restructuring/feed 0 http://www.marine-money.com/archive/capital-has-a-price http://www.marine-money.com/archive/capital-has-a-price#comments Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:55:13 +0000 carisk http://marine-money.com/?p=4512 Justine Fisher’s presentation, which had an interesting slide on financing. In it, she described the current period as one of capital delayed rather than denied. She also highlighted the creativity of financiers and finally that capital eventually finds its way to profitable markets. We believe we found an example that confirms her theses as well as highlights the fact that alternative financing will play a major role in unraveling the current credit crisis. We note up front that it does have a price. A Norwegian K/S arranger announced successfully closed last week a sale-leaseback transaction with an owner of small chemical tankers. A K/S company agreed to purchase three vessels for $22.0 million and bareboat charter them back for 8 years. ]]> http://www.marine-money.com/archive/capital-has-a-price/feed 0 http://www.marine-money.com/archive/cma%e2%80%99s-irish-feis http://www.marine-money.com/archive/cma%e2%80%99s-irish-feis#comments Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:13:32 +0000 carisk http://marine-money.com/?p=3588 http://www.marine-money.com/archive/cma%e2%80%99s-irish-feis/feed 0