Update on the Small Issuer Marketplace
- Date:February 04, 2013
- Author(s):
- Ken Paterson
- Research Topic(s):
- Credit
- PAID CONTENT
Overview
At the start of 2012, Mercator Advisory Group examined the small issuer marketplace and the buzz about potential new entrants buoying the segment. We concluded then that the small issuer pond was unlikely to refill; unfortunately we were correct.
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