Archive for March, 2008

What is a company, what characterises a company and why form a company ? »

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Companies are….
Most people have a decent concept of what a company is. They could tell you that there are lots of them, they make lots of money, most work for one, and typically that they sell a particular thing [...]

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Fundraising and Investment through IPOs and private equity (part one) »

As i navigated a corporate and securities regulation course at Sydney University Law school, it became more and more clear to me that despite the fact that i knew the ASX (stock market) listing rules, insider trading principles and a bunch of continuous disclosure regimes found in the corporations act (to be discussed later), I [...]

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9 key definitions to understand the valuation and earnings of companies »

Valuation of Companies and 9 key definitions

After skimming through The Fast Forward MBA in Finance, Second Edition by John Tracy, a few key concepts (such as EPS, ROE, market capitalisation and P/E) kept coming up again and again when dealing with the value of companies. When read in combination with Joel Greenblatt’s book, The [...]

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