Asia market to seize the opportunity in this area which has the highest growth rate compared to the other markets. The demand for this huge amount of capital is quite urgent. The Prada has tried several times for IPO‚ but all terminated by some unlucky reasons. The market prospect for IPO‚ if Prada chose this way‚ was not clear and there were limited choices for Prada to raise the capital. 2) List the alternative methods Prada could use to refinance its maturing debt. In addition to the many alternatives
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traditional IPO processes work verses using the alternative online process I will look at the company AVG and describe in detail which IPO process it would most benefit from. I will explain my reasons for this decision by focusing on the type of investors I believe they will likely attract as well as discuss the costs and the risks associated with each. I will also list various advantages of each IPO process and will then conclude by reaffirming my decision to advise AVG to go with the IPO process
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would be how will the $2 million be used? And perhaps one of the most important questions would be why UST is not providing funding at this point? There are also some exit strategy and valuation questions. Since the business plan points to an acquisition for an exit‚ is an IPO out of the question? If an IPO market is not there‚ what are the comparable market
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1. How does the strategic repositioning of the company and the use of the IPO as an exit for minority shareholders affect the attractiveness of the IPO? The strategic repositioning of the company was to gradually shift away and exist from customer care which TRX generated more than 50% in 2000‚ and Davis’s long term strategy was to focus on the higher margin sectors‚ such as data transaction and integrations. By shifting away from customer care‚ of course would reduce operational cost and
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Q1. If we want to do the stand-alone-valuation for Framedia at the end of 2005‚ we should calculate the free cash flow to firm after 2005 and the residual value of Framedia and then discount all the cash flows to the end of 2005. Because it’s stand-alone-valuation we should do‚ we need to value the whole firm and then compare the stand-alone-value with the synergistic value after the merger. So it’s the firm value we should compare with. We can get the effective tax rate by dividing the profit before
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TASK 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
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Stand-Alone Value There are many valuation methods that could be used to evaluate this company. Finding a method that valuates the stand-alone value is difficult. The stand-alone value should be dependent upon the firm’s own assets and projected future income. We decided to evaluate this company based upon two methods: The Discounted Cash Flow Method and the Comparable Companies Method. Discounted Cash Flow Method takes the forecast free cash flows during forecasted horizon. Then we estimate
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FIN310 - Venture Capital - Investing in early stage growth companies – Lecture 1 Brendon Blacker Monday 24 March Introduction to your guest lecturer Brendon Blacker Vice President Macquarie Capital Sydney STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL 2 Agenda Lecture 1 – Monday 24 March 2014 1. Introduction to Macquarie Capital Lecture 2 – Monday 31 March 2014 — Review questions — Quick recap 2. Introduction to venture capital — What is venture capital? How does it work? 3. Investing in early-stage growth companies
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actually existed and customers understand the concept of technology‚ reducing the entry risk. With the domain knowledge in telecommunication‚ Apex concluded that this was an attractive investment. When it comes to the risk of investment‚ the valuation of the firm was requested to be estimated at a high level. However‚ the market could not respond aggressively to meet the revenue forecasting or could not grow fast to meet the break even point. Both options make the investor and the investee in
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Case 1 – Netscape Initial Public Offering Course: Corporate Finance Date: 09-02-2015 Suzanne Groen Nikki Krayenoord Zhenni Hu Juliette van der Werf 10003288 10872043 10824286 6165796 1 Netscape Communication Corporation Netscape Communication Corporation is a software company founded in April 1994 by Marc Andreessen (co-founder of Mosaic) and Jim Clark (founder of Silicon Graphics). Their mission was to provide open software that connects information and people over the Internet and Intranet
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