I've just been reviewing a speech made by Guy Debelle, Assistant Governor (Financial Markets), Reserve Bank of Australia to the Australian Securitisation Forum on 22 October 2012....
Readmore »Any business agreement should be fully understood and conclusive before it comes into force. Private equity transaction agreements are no different. It’s critically important that all parties subject to an agreement, understand both the terms of the agreement and more importantly it’s underlying...
Readmore »Dequity is providing a series of articles of top tips for assessing investment opportunities. This is part 2 of a series of blogs to explain our assessment model a little more so that we can help both investors and owners do business. At Dequity, we see quite literally tens of business plans and ...
Readmore »The worldwide economy is shaky, some European countries are facing bankruptcy and the overall forecast for jobs and positive economic growth does not look all that promising. So why is now the right time to invest in private equity? Because the conditions are ripe for direct investments and the outl...
Readmore »Over the next few weeks Dequity will provide a series of blogs of top tips for assessing investment opportunities. This is part 1 of a series of blogs to explain our assessment model a little more so that we can help both investors and owners do business....
Readmore »We are living in a new world of risk. Globalisation, shifting demographics, rapidly accelerating technological change, increased connectivity, economic uncertainty, a growing multiplicity of actors and shifting power structures combine to make operating in this world unprecedentedly complex and chal...
Readmore »ASIC warns of hybrid securities. ASIC will do what it can to ensure that both the issuers and the product sellers ensure fully explain the risks involved in investing in these hybrid securities but, as always, there may well be an element of mis-selling. Given given the long maturities of these secu...
Readmore »We believe there is a better way, one that reduces the emphasis on continual money raising through donation based activities or having to employ investment managers to punt on their behalf. We specialise in projects that have a good economic return on investment in the projects themselves. Sustainab...
Readmore »We are currently in an interesting situation with regard to interest rate caps on consumer loans in Australia. Around 18 months ago, responsibility for overseeing consumer credit was moved from State Governments to the Federal Government. Over the period since then industry participants have been th...
Readmore »For your agency it is appealing as it raises your profile, allows you to participate in projects where you might have once just had a recruitment fee. It allows you to compete with the big consulting firms on a skills and experience level. It’s a packaged, turnkey solution without the premium adde...
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