PIGGERY II. Location: Silang‚ Cavite III. Descriptive Definition of the Project: Hog raising in the Philippines has been a profitable business for Filipinos through the decades. Its popularity is evidently seen among backyards of rural families. An average Filipino family usually raises a small number of pigs to augment their daily needs. While both parents are busy with their work‚ children may help in raising a few piglets until they reach their marketable age. No wonder‚ more hogs are produced
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FIN 527 Alternative Investments | Private Equity | Project 1. | | Wei Chen‚ Ye Zhang | | | Part 1. Performance Measurement for Private Equity a) Summary statistics for venture capital and buyout returns: Histograms of returns: The return distribution of venture capital has a kurtosis of 23.25 and a skewness of 3.63‚ which means it is leptokurtic and skews to the right. It is not close to normal distribution. Mainly due to the high returns in late 1990s during the
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E-Centives‚ Inc.—Raising Capital in Switzerland 1. Possible factors (from Exhibit 1-7) relevant in e-centives decision to raise capital and list on the Swiss Exchange s New Market: a. Ease of raising capital (point 3). The Swiss Exchange s New Market has simple listing requirements designed to appeal to small companies. The contrast with the complex‚ detailed listing and reporting requirements in the United States is striking. b. Availability of capital (point 4). Switzerland
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1 The statement by Henry Kravis that private equity was in its “golden era” might sound like hubris to the unacquainted observer but may actually not be far off from the reality given the growth of private equity funds under management since the advent of large-scale leveraged buy-outs (LBOs) in the 1980s. Henry Kravis as a principal partner in Kohlberg‚ Kravis & Roberts (KKR) pioneered LBOs in the late 1970s and KKR has been a major private equity firm since having reportedly invested in over 160
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Cost of equity refers to a shareholder’s required rate of return on an equity investment. It is the rate of return that could have been earned by putting the same money into a different investment with equal risk. How It Works/Example: The cost of equity is the rate of return required to persuade an investor to make a given equity investment. In general‚ there are two ways to determine cost of equity. First is the dividend growth model: Cost of Equity = (Next Year’s Annual Dividend /
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1. What is a share? (1 mark) 2. Identify two advantages of a private placement of shares as compared with a public issue. (1 mark) 3. The shareholders of Quinninup Ltd hold 25 000 A class ordinary shares‚ fully paid at $4.50 each. On 17 April 2012‚ the company directors voted to make a 1 for 5 rights offer to these shareholders. The additional shares were offered at $1.75 each‚ payable in full one month after acceptance. The offer closed on 31 May 2012 with 90% of the shareholders accepting.
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One way of achieving this is by maximizing the use of both physical and human capital. In or case we shall consider human capital. Human capital‚ according to Adam Smith refers to the acquired and useful abilities of all the inhabitants or members of the society. The acquisition of such talents by the maintenance of the acquirer‚ during his education‚ study or apprenticeship‚ always costs a real expense‚ which is a capital fixed and realized‚ as it were in his person. Those talents‚ as it makes a part
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Oyetade P Oluwatoyese CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION The role of the Nigerian Capital Market in raising or mobilising medium to long term funds for both micro and macro development sub-sectors have been commendable in recent times. The main institutions in the capital market include – the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)‚ which is the apex body and serves as the regulatory authority of the market; the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE); the Issuing Houses; and the Stock Firms. Stressful development
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PRIVATE EQUITY – A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR GHANAIAN SMEs By Joseph Ciici Arthur Ghana’s workforce is predominantly employed by the informal sector. This sector of our economy is largely made up of Small and Medium scale Enterprises (SMEs) and sole proprietorships (“one man business”). This is confirmed by available data from the Registrar General which indicates that 90% of companies registered in Ghana are SMEs. Over time‚ this target group has been identified as the catalyst for
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Net Book Value Buildings Fixtures and fittings $000 $000 250 100 350 Current Assets Stock Debtors Cash Current Liabilities Creditors for supplies Accruals Bank 1540 820 3 2363 1210 192 203 1605 758 1108 25 910 Share capital – Ordinary shares Retained profits Loan accounts – Bracket Racket 104 69 173 1108 The company accountant resigned at the beginning of April 2002 and proper records were not kept for the six-month period 1 April to 30 September 2002. The following information is available
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