Zomato, an Indian online food-delivery company, was opened up to public market investors on July 14, 2021, and its market debut is being watched for clues by a number of other online ventures in India, waiting in the wings to go public. The primary attraction of the company, to investors, comes not from its current […]
In the last few decades, as disclosure requirements for publicly traded firms have increased, annual reports and regulatory filings have become heftier. Some of this surge can be attributed to companies becoming more complex and geographically diversified, but much of it can be traced to increased disclosure requirements from accounting rule writers and market regulators. […]
For decades, the process that companies in the United States have used to go public has followed a familiar script. The company files a prospectus, providing prospective investors with information about its business model and financials, and hires an investment banker or bankers to manage the issuance process. The bankers, in addition to doing a […]
As we approach the mid point of 2021, financial markets, for the most part, have had a good year so far. Looking at US equities, the S&P 500 is up about 11% and the NASDAQ about 5%, from start of the year levels, and the underperformance of the latter has led to a wave of […]
In my last post, I looked at the Biden Administration's proposal to increase corporate taxes, to provide funding for an infrastructure bill, and concluded that while there is room for raising corporate taxes, it would be more efficient and fairer to do so by reducing the tax credits and deductions in the code, than by […]
The Biden Administration's $ 2 trillion infrastructure plan, announced with fanfare a few weeks ago, has opened up a debate about not only what comprises infrastructure, but also about how to pay for it. Not surprisingly. it is corporate taxes that are the primary vehicle for delivering the revenues needed for the plan, with an […]
The first quarter of 2021 has been, for the most part, a good time for equity markets, but there have been surprises. The first has been the steep rise in treasury rates in the last twelve weeks, as investors reassess expected economic growth over the rest of the year and worry about inflation. The second […]
What is a hurdle rate for a business? There are multiple definitions that you will see offered, from it being the cost of raising capital for that business to an opportunity cost, i.e., a return that you can make investing elsewhere, to a required return for investors in that business. In a sense, each of […]
There are three topics that you can write or talk about that are almost guaranteed to draw a audience, stocks (because greed drives us all), sex (no reason needed) and salvation. I am not an expert on the latter two, and I am not sure that I have that much that is original to say […]
Kevin Hassett, President Donald Trump's top economic adviser, suggested Goldman Sachs may be slanting its economic research to help Democrats ahead of the midterm elections.
Land O'Lakes CEO Beth Ford charts her career path, from her first job to becoming the first openly gay CEO at a Fortune 500 company in an interview with CNN's Boss Files.
MAINBOARD-LISTED supermarket operator Sheng Siong Group is buying a strata-titled shop unit at New World Centre for a below-market value of S$17.25 million, it said on Friday.
A BITTER feud among three friends-turned-foes - all shareholders and co-founders of Fullerton Healthcare Corp (Fullerton Health) - could imperil the months-long sale process of the Asian healthcare solutions firm, including last week's sweetened non-binding offer by Beverly-Hills private equity firm Platinum Equity for the Singapore-headquartered firm.
CATALIST-LISTED waste management company ecoWise Holdings is parting ways with listing sponsor Zico Capital "after deliberations and for commercial reasons".
EMBATTLED Eagle Hospitality Trust (EHT) is set to sell one of the last three hotels in its portfolio for a lower price, after an earlier attempt was aborted in May.
SHARES of Jardine Cycle & Carriage (Jardine C&C) rose while shares of Dairy Farm International fell in early trade on Friday, after both companies on Thursday released their financial results for the half-year period ended June 30.
RHB has cut the agriculture plantation sector to "underweight", from "neutral" previously, as environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns continue to weigh on share prices.
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