In Simon Franklin’s article back in June 2010 he examines the Key Person risk issue which of course is a major consideration, especially for investors. At Dequity Partners we are very keen to ensure that all our clients have adequate risk management strategies, management plans and mitigation p...
Readmore »I was reading an interesting article entitled “Shell shocks market with Woodside selldown” in the Australian Financial Review on 9 November 2010. This article reminded me of questions I frequently get asked by investors considering investing in small and medium private companies. They want to kn...
Readmore »There was an interesting article in the Australian Financial Review on Friday 29 October 2010 entitled - RHD backs “unfair” PeopleBank bid” (see AFR Article). The article is about the board of a recruitment company backing a takeover offer despite an independent expert finding it is not fair....
Readmore »I was reading an article in the Australian Financial Review on Friday 15 October 2010 entitled “Shareholders can’t run public companies”. It goes on to discuss what shareholders can do to control companies. This article coincided with a conversation I had with a major shareholder in a public c...
Readmore »There is a lot of confusion about Convertible Notes. The listed debt securities market in Australia is very small for a number of reasons but while reading the article and reviewing the tables of debt securities prices, it brought to mind the question of why so few potential investors in small compa...
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