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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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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Brand equity Brand equityis a phraseused in the marketing industry which describe the value of having a well-known brand name‚ based on the idea that the owner of a well-known brand name can generate more money from products with that brand name than from products with a less well known name‚ as consumers believe that a product with a well-known name is better than products with less well known names.[1][2][3][4] Another word for "brand equity" is "brand value". Some marketing researchers have
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In Class Exercises Using Equity Method SOLUTION Example 1 : Assume B (the investee) has the following simplified balance sheet: Assets $100‚000 Liabilities $ 60‚000 Equity $ 40‚000 Prepare journal entries for the INVESTOR (A) for the following events: (a) A (the investor) pays $10‚000 for a 25% interest in B. A has significant influence. Dr.
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Law and Equity Essay (a) Outline the development of common law and equity. There was no system of law in England and Wales before 1066‚ as it was mainly based on customs which were just rules of behaviour and the other used to be the decisions of judges. The law in England and Wales built over the centuries. There were various methods of creating laws which were called “sources of law”. However‚ in the 18th Century Parliament became more powerful which lead the Acts of Parliament (statues) to
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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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HOW DEMAND DETERMINES OUTPUT IN THE SHORT RUN Typically‚ firms that supply intermediate goods such as steel rods or other inputs let demand not price determine the level of output in the short run. To understand this idea‚ consider an automobile firm that buys material from a steelmaker on a regular basis. Because the auto firm and the steel producer have been in business with one another for a long time and have an ongoing relationship‚ they have negotiated a contract that keeps steel prices
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2010 December; the best month of the year Perhaps...It certainly falls in the middle of the best six months of the year as far as I ’m concerned. By far‚ October through March is so much nicer than April through September. And on this December 1st in the deep south we are anticipating tempertures below freezing tonight. And with this type of cold weather comes wonderfully low humidity and air you can actually breathe without fear of drowning. December is a great month for obvious reasons but
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be said to have influenced the development of equity. This gives an overview of a selection of these maxims‚ examining them in varying amounts of detail and identifying many of the particular areas of the law which have been affected‚ and which are dealt with later in the book. These include‚ for example‚ the maxim ‘where the equities are equal the first in time prevails’‚ and its effect on priorities and conflicting interests‚ and the maxim ‘equity acts in personam’ and its effect on the operation
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Maxims and Equity Equity in its broadest sense means fairness. Within the legal system it’s known to be a body of law that looks at all concerns which fall separate from the jurisdiction of common law. It allows courts to use their discretion and apply justice in accordance with “natural law”. Dictionary.com’s definition of maxim is “an expression of a general truth or principle‚ a principle or rule of conduct”. Maxims of equity can be described as an established principle of fairness. They
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