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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1. INTRODUCTION Equity is defined by a complex mathematical formula‚ but in practice it is described as relationship‘s fairness between people in one society. Equity theory is social justice theory‚ designed by Adams in 1963. It claims that individuals review the inputs and outcomes of themselves and others‚ and in situations of inequity‚ experience greater cognitive dissonance than individuals in equitable situations. This kind of equity is perceived as social justice in society (or company
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The case analysis of Equity Funding Introduction The collapse of Equity Funding had a far-reaching influence on business practices and institutions. Although it happened over 30 years ago‚ the lessons from Equity Funding are still meaningful and constructive nowadays. Auditors of Equity Funding failed to collect sufficient evidence‚ check internal control and substantiate computer system. The audit premise----- understanding internal control system AUS 402.41 requires the auditor to obtain
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shareholders of the company. For each share owned‚ a declared amount of money is distributed. Thus‚ if a person owns 100 shares and the cash dividend is USD $0.50 per share‚ the holder of the stock will be paid USD $50. Stock or scrip dividends are those paid out in the form of additional stock shares of the issuing corporation‚ or another corporation (such as its subsidiary corporation). They are usually issued in proportion to shares owned (for example‚ for every 100 shares of stock owned‚ a 5% stock dividend
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Due to the promblematic situation of statehood The state soveregnty of this will presume thus in order for validity such atrocias vehicle will be displayedProperty which is intended to construct a trust fund must be segregated from all other property‚ in order for its identity to be sufficiently certain. If this is not succeeded then the result will be found to have no certainty of subject matter and in turn the trust will fail. As found in the case Re London Wine Co. where the creditors of a wine
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does not come out within the year‚ you just lose selling time Marketing • Price the products as high as you want. Most likely the market will accept it. For the promo and sales budgets‚ allocate more money to successful brands. If one brand sucks‚ don’t waste too much money on it. • For your sales forecast‚ ignore what the computer tells you o Go to the Inquirer and look up the Market Share portion o Find out the potential size of each market segment for the period you
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Equity and equity based financial assets What is equity? Equity is ownership interest in a corporation in the form of common stock or preferred stock. It is also total assets minus total liabilities; here also called shareholder’s equity or net worth or book value. In real estate: it is the difference between what a property is worth and what the owner owes against that property (i.e. the difference between the house value and the remaining mortgage or loan payments on a house). What is a financial
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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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SEMESTER 1: 2014/2015 LXEB 3110 EQUITY I ASSIGNMENT NAME: GOH POI SZE MATRIC NUMBER: LEB120033 TUTOR: DR USHARANI A/P BALASINGAM DATE OF SUBMISSION: 3 NOVEMBER 2014 1. Introduction Maxims of equity are short statements that contain the essence of equity law. These maxims were developed over the years and today are used as a set of general principles which are said to govern the way in which equity operates. They illustrates the standards of morality in judicial decision making1 and
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A PROJECT REPORT ON EQUITIES AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT Submitted in the partial fulfillment for the award of the degree of MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION BY A.INDU ROLL NO: 0640-60-121 Under the guidance of Mr.Mahender [pic] BHAVAN’S VIVEKANANDA COLLEGE Sainikpuri‚ Secunderabad (AFFILAITED TO OSMANIA UNIVERSITY) 2006-2008 DECLARATION I hereby declare that this Project Report titled EQUITIES AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT submitted by me to the Department of Business
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