Private equity Private equity is a source of investment capital from high net worth individuals and institutions for the purpose of investing and acquiring equity ownership in companies. Partners at private equity firms raise funds and manage these monies for the purpose of yielding favorable returns for their shareholder clients‚ typically with an investment horizon between four and seven years. These funds can be used in the purchase of shares of private companies‚ or in public companies
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1. Introduction 1. Equity and Trusts * Equity is a particular body of law‚ consisting of rights and remedies‚ which evolved historically through the Courts of Chancery to mitigate the severity of the common law. * The trust has been characterised as the greatest and most distinctive achievement in equity although an exact definition of the trust has proven difficult. * Equity would recognise and enforce rights and duties that were not known to the common law. * E.g. the common
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Private Equity in Nigeria An Overview of Nigerian Venture Capital and Private Equity Private Equity in Nigeria Page 2 CONTENT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 NIGERIA COUNTRY ANALYSIS 5 TABLES AND EXHIBITS 7 Private Equity in Nigeria Page 3 Executive Summary1 Nigeria is facing an uncertain future as outbreaks of ethnic and religious violence continue to place strains on Africa’s most populated country. With the 2003 elections approaching‚ the continuing battle amongst incumbent politicians
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EQUITY VALUATION MODELS Equity Valuation -Determining the total value of a company involves more than reviewing assets and revenue figures. An equity valuation takes several financial indicators into account; these include both tangible and intangible assets‚ and provide prospective investors‚ creditors or shareholders with an accurate perspective of the true value of a company at any given time Significance of Equity Valuation Model -Equity valuations are conducted to measure the value of
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Debt versus Equity Financing Debt financing versus equity financing‚ which financing has more advantages over the other financing. Debt vs. equity financing is the most vital decision a manager will face when determining the needed capital to fund his or her business operations. Both types of financing are the main sources of capital that is available to a business. Both types of financing have advantages and disadvantages when a manager or owner is trying to raise capital. Debt Financing Debt
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DOVE Brand Equity A key part of DOVE’s success and where it differentiated itself from other personal care brands‚ increasing its brand equity‚ is the use of a different marketing approach when introducing the campaign for real beauty in 2004. This campaign gave women a feeling of identification and association with the brand and the products without even having tried them. Women could identify with the images they were seeing in the DOVE advertising campaigns which resulted in them being willing
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EQUITY WARRANT BONDS Equity warrant bonds are bonds issued with equity warrants attached. Warrants are similar to share options‚ and give their holder the right but not the obligation to subscribe for a fixed quantity of equity stocks in the company at a future date‚ and at a fixed subscription price (exercise price). When bonds are issued with warrants‚ the warrants are detachable and can be sold in the stock market separately from the bonds. Investors might therefore subscribe to an issue of
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and courts of equity. Trust law was a product of courts of equity. We will thus look at: (i) the meaning of “equity” that is associated with courts of equity; (ii) the origins of courts of equity; (iii) the development of the law of uses and trusts; (iv) the transfer of equity jurisdiction to Canada; (v) the current status of the fusion of law and equity. II. THE MEANING OF EQUITY Objective: Be able to describe four different meanings that might be associated with “equity” and the definition
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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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DEBT AND EQUITY FINANCING PAPER JACQUELYN CREAGH ACCOUNTING 400 THERESA PEKRON August 1‚ 2011 Debt Financing Debt is when one party‚ the debtor‚ owes to a second party‚ the creditor. This usually refers to assets owed but the term can also be used figuratively to cover moral obligations and other interactions not based on economic value. Debt is usually granted with expected repayment of the original sum plus interest. The advantages of debt financing are that the company and/or
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