Global Finance

AUGUST 1, 2024

Corporate finance experts say going public is cool this summer; that’s not the case for a billionaire hedge fund manager’s overhyped IPO. This question has inspired us to reevaluate PSUS’s structure to make the IPO investment decision a straightforward one. We will report back once we are ready to launch a revised transaction.”

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Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Starting in late January 2023, I will be back in the classroom, teaching valuation and corporate finance to the MBAs and valuation to the undergraduates, and these classes will continue through May 2023. The class starts with a question of what the end game should be for a business (profitability, value, social good?)

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Barry Ritholtz

APRIL 7, 2023

( BBC ) Be sure to check out our Masters in Business next week with Aswath Damodaran, Professor of Finance at New York University’s Stern School of Business. His textbook “ Investment Valuation ” is the standard in the field. class nine times. The post 10 Friday AM Reads appeared first on The Big Picture.

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 6, 2024

US investors look toward European soccer and say, “There’s this amazing asset that has global appeal across Asia, the Middle East, South America … but how come their valuations don’t match that of an NFL team? Or, do you look for private equity investment? Maybe the buyer dinks you on price and valuation.

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Barry Ritholtz

APRIL 1, 2023

Kencel, who has more than three decades of experience in the investment industry, also serves as chairman of the board, president, and CEO of Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending Inc., Be sure to check out our Masters in Business next week with Aswath Damodaran, Professor of Finance at New York University’s Stern School of Business.

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Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 15, 2021

For much of the last two years, rather than teach my classes in a classroom, I taught my classes from my home office, making a few low-cost, low-tech investments to improve my set up. My classroom teaching at Stern has been mostly corporate finance and valuation, to both MBAs and undergraduates.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 12, 2021

Corporate Finance : Corporate finance is the development of the first financial principles that govern how to run a business. It is that mission that makes corporate finance the ultimate big picture class, one that everyone (entrepreneurs, investors, analysts, business observers) should take.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Corporate finance is breaking records with its M&A activity this year, thanks, in part, to rising cash reserves. The publication described the disclosure of cash reserves and other investments as “patchy,” with regulators requiring only vague disclosure by some of the nation’s largest companies, like Apple, regarding cash.

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 16, 2024

“Private equity firms are eager to exit their investments, sensing this market momentum.” Valuations today are more grounded in reality,” said Ritter. While displaying some green shoots, the IPO market remains selective, and not all companies are finding success.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

In my last post, I used Facebook’s recent troubles to talk about the importance of corporate governance, and how we, as investors, have abandoned the power to change management at many younger tech companies in return for being able to invest in young tech companies, with growth potential and well-regarded founders.

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Global Finance

MAY 22, 2024

VC/PE and infrastructure investment in the 10-nation region has plunged by two-thirds from a 2021 peak, according to the Global Private Capital Association (GPCA). That compares to investments in India dropping by half. But its shortcomings as an innovation nexus and investment destination are more visible.

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Fpanda Club

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

FP&A directors can often boast of a considerable track record in financial planning and analysis, also they understand very well the finance function in general and the business model of the company, which leads them to the next step of their careers as Chief financial officer (CFO).

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Noel’s appointment, given his surname, signals continuity at Tata Trusts, which holds a 66% stake in the Tata Group, the most valuable brand in India, with a valuation of $28.6 Noel therefore faces the challenge of leading the $165 billion salt-to-software conglomerate. He is also vice chairman of Tata Steel and Titan Company.

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Global Finance

JUNE 18, 2024

billion IPO of the Life Insurance Corporation of India in July 2022, which for now remains the country’s largest IPO ever. Hyundai’s IPO is being managed by investment banks Kotak Securities, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley and HSBC. The booming Indian IPO trend says a lot about the health of the Indian retail investor.

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Future CFO

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The year 2024 brings a landscape of unprecedented challenges and opportunities for corporate treasurers. From the ongoing global conflicts to the lingering effects of high inflation, corporate finance professionals are gearing up to navigate an environment marked by volatility and uncertainty.

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Musings on Markets

AUGUST 5, 2023

If you have been reading my posts, you know that I have an obsession with equity risk premiums, which I believe lie at the center of almost every substantive debate in markets and investing. In the corporate bond market, it is a default spread , an augmentation to the interest rate that you demand on a bond with more default risk.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 20, 2023

In fact, almost every investment scam in history, from the South Sea Bubble to Bernie Madoff, has offered investors the alluring combination of great opportunities with no or low danger, and induced by sweet talk, but made blind by greed, thousands have fallen prey. Let me use two illustrations to bring this home.

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Barry Ritholtz

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

They are a publicly traded investment manager, stocks symbol DHIL, that have been public since day one since 2016. They do a number of things at Diamond Hill that many other investment shops don’t. And so I felt like all of those experiences just really led me to love investing. Brilliant is CEO of Diamond Hill.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 16, 2022

One industry that tends to be recession-resistant is finance. After all, people will always need financial services, whether investing their money , taking out loans, or managing their taxes. And while the finance industry has seen its share of ups and downs over the years, it generally bounces back fairly quickly after a downturn.

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Global Finance

AUGUST 16, 2024

New York-based investment bank Jefferies attributed 30% of the value of Anglo’s steelmaking coal business to the Grosvenor mine; its coal operations are one of the assets the company plans to sell as part of the restructuring. In the two months following the announcements, Anglo’s stock price fell 18%.

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Musings on Markets

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

In my last post, I used Facebook's recent troubles to talk about the importance of corporate governance, and how we, as investors, have abandoned the power to change management at many younger tech companies in return for being able to invest in young tech companies, with growth potential and well-regarded founders.

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Regent Assay

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Apiary Capital invests in e-learning software specialist XVR Simulation and supports bolt-on acquisition of LearnPro eFireservice. Apiary Capital has announced an investment in XVR Simulation, a platform for consolidating online compliance and competency management and e-learning software businesses.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 18, 2023

Even though we live in an age where user platforms and hyper revenue growth can drive company valuations, that adage remains true. To make comparisons, profits are scaled to common metrics, with revenues and book value of investment being the most common scalar. Returns on Invested Capital (or Equity).

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Unnamed sources told the publication that DST Global is set to lead the firm’s next funding round, which could push its valuation to $1 billion. Brex, founded by two Brazilian entrepreneurs, emerged on the market as a FinTech issuing corporate cards to other startups.

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PYMNTS

JULY 9, 2019

. “With more employees now empowered to incur business expenses, and more expense management processes moving into the cloud, today’s corporate expense programs must adapt to keep up – in Europe as well as the U.S.,” So far, Soldo has raised a total of $82 million, but declined to offer details on its valuation.

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Global Finance

MAY 10, 2024

After years of lackluster growth, foreign direct investment is growing. As recent history has consistently demonstrated, there is nothing more certain than uncertainty. Geopolitical risks, trade wars and armed conflict have also played a part in creating friction for foreign investment.

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VCFO

MAY 5, 2022

Panelist – Jim Briggs, Director, Statesman Corporate Finance | jbriggs@statesmanbiz.com. An experienced investment banker can provide a reasonable estimate of market value, but the true market value can only be determined through a high-quality marketing process that produces multiple offers from qualified buyers.

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Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

In fact, almost every investment scam in history, from the South Sea Bubble to Bernie Madoff, has offered investors the alluring combination of great opportunities with no or low danger, and induced by sweet talk, but made blind by greed, thousands have fallen prey. Let me use two illustrations to bring this home.

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Barry Ritholtz

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

His latest book could not be more timely, “The Price of Time: The Real Story of Interest,” it’s all about the history of interest rates, money lending, investing speculation, funded by banks and loans and credit. According to Chancellor, interest is the single most important feature of finance, both ancient and modern.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

Having valued and invested in Facebook multiple times in the last decade, I will throw my two cents in, but rather than make the earnings report the center of attention, I will use the company’s recent travails to talk about three issues that I think are big issues not only at Facebook, but for the entire market.

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Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Even though we live in an age where user platforms and hyper revenue growth can drive company valuations, that adage remains true. To make comparisons, profits are scaled to common metrics, with revenues and book value of investment being the most common scalar.

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Musings on Markets

AUGUST 15, 2023

In every introductory finance class, you begin with the notion of a risk-free investment, and the rate on that investment becomes the base on which you build, to get to expected returns on risky assets and investments. What is a risk free investment?

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 24, 2023

Not surprisingly, Moneyball has found its way into business and investing as well. Mean Reversion works, until it does not : Much of investing over the last century in the US has been built on betting on mean reversion, i.e. that things revert back to historical norms, sooner rather than later.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2016

The tallies are in: Innovate Finance has calculated the state of investment in FinTech for 2015, and we have the numbers. Innovate Finance released The 2015 FinTech Investment Landscape this month, a report that offers a snapshot at how investors are placing their money among financial innovators. investments last year.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 7, 2023

Data: Trickle to a Flood! It is perhaps a reflection of my age that I remember when getting data to do corporate financial analysis or valuation was a chore. That said, to use mean reversion in analysis or investing, you need to know what these averages are, either over time or across companies, and data can help in that pursuit.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 5, 2024

In pursuit of an answer to that question, I used company-specific data from Value Line, one of the earliest entrants into the investment data business, to compute an industry average. In January 1993, I was valuing a retail company, and I found myself wondering what a reasonable margin was for a firm operating in the retail business.

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Musings on Markets

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Having valued and invested in Facebook multiple times in the last decade, I will throw my two cents in, but rather than make the earnings report the center of attention, I will use the company's recent travails to talk about three issues that I think are big issues not only at Facebook, but for the entire market.

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