THE IMPACT OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN SOUTH AFRICA South Africa is committed to maintaining an open environment for investment. This is core to long-term‚ sustainable‚ economic growth. As a low-savings developing economy‚ with high domestic investment requirements‚ South Africa requires to attract foreign direct investment in order to support domestic investment financing requirements (National Treasury‚ 2011). South Africa has re-entered this changing environment in full awareness
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Investment banking is a type of financial service that focuses on helping companies acquire funds and grow their portfolios. Much of this comes in the form of stock and bonds transfer‚ but investment capital and wholesale corporate acquisitions are also part of the equation. Bankers within this sector are usually highly trained‚ and are widely recognized as some of the most elite participants in the financial marketplace. They are often sought as much for their consulting and advising services as
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Investment Bankers Rasmussen College In a few paragraphs‚ please explain what investment bankers actually do and address the question "What is the purpose of the prospectus when they publicly sell the shares?" 1.) Investment Banker? Investment bankers are representatives that help companies and governments and their agencies to raise money by issuing and selling securities in the primary market. They assist public and private corporations
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Understanding gross profit margin can be challenging to new business owners‚ but it’s critical to knowing whether your business is efficiently producing products and growing at the pace you desire. Calculating Gross Profit Margin Business owners use gross profit margin to set prices at levels that ensure a strong profit or as a measure to try to reduce cost for better profitability. It’s also helpful when determining whether you can charge enough for a new item to make it profitable.
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Paper F9? Performance objectives 15 and 16 are relevant to this exam ADVANCED INVESTMENT APPRAISAL Investment appraisal is one of the eight core topics within Paper F9‚ Financial Management and it is a topic which has been well represented in the F9 exam. The methods of investment appraisal are payback‚ accounting rate of return and the discounted cash flow methods of net present value (NPV) and internal rate of return (IRR). For each of these methods students must ensure that they can define it
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expected return of 10% and a volatility of 20%‚ while Microsoft’s stock has a volatility of 30%. A. Given its higher volatility‚ should we expect Microsoft to have an equity cost of capital that is higher than 10%? No‚ Microsoft is diversifiable and it will not be affected by the changes in the market. We do not expect Microsoft’s equity cost of capital to be higher than 10%. Each stock carries its own weight. B. What would have to be true for Microsoft’s equity cost of capital to be equal to
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INVESTMENT DECISION Tianfu Electronics Ltd is a midsized electronics manufacturer located in Chengdu‚ China. The company president is Dr. Wang Datong‚ a graduate from Tsinghua University‚ who founded the company 20 years ago. The company originally repaired radios and other household appliances. Over the years‚ the company expanded into manufacturing and is now a reputable manufacturer of various electronic items. Meng Xiaolan‚ a recent MBA graduate from Fudan University‚ has been hired
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INVESTMENT BANKING: AN OVERVIEW INVESTMENT BANKING WHAT DO THEY REALLY DO? WHAT DO THESE PROJECTS HAVE IN COMMON? Affordable housing Small businesses ISAW Bridges Big corporations SM GE GS ISAW BIG OR SMALL‚ THEY ALL NEED CAPITAL. WHAT DO INVESTMENT BANKERS DO? Traditional role: assisting clients client WHAT DO INVESTMENT BANKERS DO? Traditional role A) Raising Capital: “Underwriting” B) Buying or merging with other businesses: “Financial Advisory” WHAT DO INVESTMENT BANKERS
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investors liquidity by requiring the target firm to register their shares for sale to the public Pre-money valuation : Zero – sum -The cost of pre-money valuation that set up proportional of VC’s shares is the dilution of entrepreneur’s share. -Investment by VC is valued by proportion not the actual amount they put in‚ so pre-money or post-money valuation doesn’t matter Control the audit committee : Positive – sum -Due diligence‚ this could prevent fraudulent risk. Control compensation committee
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manufacturing costs were rising making it more expensive to produce. 1) Which firms are relevant for obtaining an asset beta for the Collinsville investment? Using the betas‚ determine the appropriate discount rate for the investment. Evaluate the investment. We are interested in obtaining the asset beta for the Collinsville investment. We can estimate asset betas by 1) looking it up in Bloomberg‚ 2) finding “identical twins” and comparing their betas‚ and 3) un-levering the beta from
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